Colleges with the Highest GPA in Iowa

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 31 colleges in Iowa with the highest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Grinnell College tops the list with an average reported GPA of 3.89. Note that not all colleges report GPA for their incoming class. Those with asterisk(*) denote a predicted GPA by the CollegeSimply AI algorithm.

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List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
	School	Average GPA
	Grinnell College Estimated GPA Grinnell, IA	3.89*
	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3.81
	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	3.74
	Drake University Des Moines, IA	3.7
	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.7
	Dordt College Sioux Center, IA	3.65
	Luther College Decorah, IA	3.65
	Simpson College Indianola, IA	3.62
	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	3.61
	Emmaus Bible College Dubuque, IA	3.58
	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	3.57
	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	3.53
	Central College Pella, IA	3.52
	Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IA	3.5
	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA	3.49
	Loras College Dubuque, IA	3.48
	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	3.48
	Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Ankeny, IA	3.42

Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA