Illinois Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 68 colleges in Illinois with the highest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Governors State University 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 Illinois Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
School Average GPA
Black Hawk College

Moline, IL

 3.33 
Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

 3.3 
Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, IL

 3.3 
Benedictine University

Lisle, IL

 3.26 
Trinity International University

Deerfield, IL

 3.26 
Rockford University

Rockford, IL

 3.25 
Hebrew Theological College

Estimated GPA

Skokie, IL

 3.24*
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

 3.24 
Blackburn College

Carlinville, IL

 3.23 
Greenville University

Greenville, IL

 3.23 
Eureka College

Eureka, IL

 3.22 
MacMurray College

Estimated GPA

Jacksonville, IL

 3.19*
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

 3.18 
Concordia University Chicago

River Forest, IL

 3.18 
Kaskaskia College

Centralia, IL

 3.17 
Judson University

Elgin, IL

 3.16 
North Park University

Chicago, IL

 3.14 
Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

 3.13