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
Cogswell College

Sunnyvale, CA

2.77 
San Francisco Bay University

Fremont, California

2.72 
Lincoln University

Oakland, CA

2.6 
Los Angeles Harbor College

Wilmington, CA

2.5 
American University of Health Sciences

Signal Hill, CA

2.5 
University of the West

Rosemead, CA

2.43