Illinois Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 67 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
Governors State University

University Park, IL

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4.0 
University of Chicago

Estimated GPA

Chicago, IL

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3.95*
Northwestern University

Estimated GPA

Evanston, IL

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3.92*
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

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3.86 
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

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3.84 
Bradley University

Peoria, IL

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3.83 
DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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3.8 
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Estimated GPA

Champaign, IL

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3.79*
Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

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3.75 
Dominican University

River Forest, IL

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3.74 
Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

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3.71 
Illinois College

Jacksonville, IL

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3.63 
Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL

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3.62 
Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

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3.6 
North Central College

Naperville, IL

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3.6 
Elmhurst College

Elmhurst, IL

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3.59 
Aurora University

Aurora, IL

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3.56 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, IL

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3.54