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
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

3.51 
Monmouth College

Monmouth, IL

3.49 
Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

3.48 
Quincy University

Quincy, IL

3.47 
University of St Francis

Joliet, IL

3.47 
University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, IL

3.46 
Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

3.45 
Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Rock Island, IL

3.42 
Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL

3.41 
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

3.41 
Illinois State University

Normal, IL

3.41 
Lincoln Christian University

Lincoln, IL

3.4 
Millikin University

Decatur, IL

3.4 
Saint Xavier University

Chicago, IL

3.4 
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

3.39 
McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

3.38 
Olivet Nazarene University

Estimated GPA

Bourbonnais, IL

3.38*
Principia College

Elsah, Illinois

3.34