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
University of Notre Dame

Estimated GPA

Notre Dame, IN

3.91*
Amherst College

Estimated GPA

Amherst, MA

3.91*
Northeastern University

Estimated GPA

Boston, MA

3.91*
Tufts University

Estimated GPA

Medford, MA

3.91*
Columbia University in the City of New York

Estimated GPA

New York, NY

3.91*
University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

3.9 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

3.9 
Carleton College

Estimated GPA

Northfield, MN

3.9*
Dartmouth College

Estimated GPA

Hanover, NH

3.9*
Cornell University

Estimated GPA

Ithaca, NY

3.9*
Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH

3.9 
Haverford College

Estimated GPA

Haverford, PA

3.9*
Swarthmore College

Estimated GPA

Swarthmore, PA

3.9*
University of Dallas

Irving, TX

3.9 
Texas Lutheran University

Seguin, TX

3.9 
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

3.9 
Claremont McKenna College

Estimated GPA

Claremont, CA

3.89*
Pomona College

Estimated GPA

Claremont, CA

3.89*