California Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 96 colleges in California 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 California Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
School Average GPA
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

3.61 
Concordia University Irvine

Irvine, CA

3.61 
Whittier College

Whittier, CA

3.61 
Saint Marys College of California

Moraga, CA

3.6 
Mount St. Mary's College

Los Angeles, CA

3.59 
Westmont College

Santa Barbara, CA

3.59 
California Baptist University

Riverside, CA

3.58 
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

3.58 
Mills College

Oakland, CA

3.57 
University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

3.57 
John Paul the Great Catholic University

San Diego, CA

3.56 
University of California Merced

Merced, CA

3.55 
Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, CA

3.54 
La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

3.54 
Southern California Institute of Architecture

Los Angeles, CA

3.5 
Providence Christian College

Pasadena, CA

3.5 
California State University Stanislaus

Turlock, CA

3.47 
California State University Monterey Bay

Seaside, CA

3.45