United States Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 1686 colleges in the United States with the highest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo tops the list with an average reported GPA of 4.0. Note that not all colleges report GPA for their incoming class. Those with asterisk(*) denote a predicted GPA by the CollegeSimply AI algorithm.

GPA Data is reported by participating colleges to Wintergreen Orchard House and is reproduced under license.

List of United States Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
School Average GPA
Saint Louis University Main Campus

Saint Louis, MO

3.95 
Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

3.95 
University of Pennsylvania

Estimated GPA

Philadelphia, PA

3.95*
University of Delaware

Newark, DE

3.94 
Williams College

Estimated GPA

Williamstown, MA

3.94*
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

3.94 
Duke University

Estimated GPA

Durham, NC

3.94*
Brown University

Estimated GPA

Providence, RI

3.94*
College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

3.94 
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

3.93 
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

3.93 
Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

3.93 
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

3.92 
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

3.92 
Northwestern University

Estimated GPA

Evanston, IL

3.92*
Butler University

Indianapolis, IN

3.92 
Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

3.92 
Washington University in St Louis

Estimated GPA

Saint Louis, MO

3.92*