California Colleges Ranked by Lowest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 86 colleges in California with the lowest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. California State University Dominguez Hills tops the list with an average reported GPA of 3.0. 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 Lowest GPA
	College	Average GPA
C	California State University Dominguez Hills Carson, CA	3.0
S	San Diego Christian College El Cajon, CA	3.07*
L	Life Pacific College San Dimas, CA	3.07*
S	San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA	3.09
C	California State University East Bay Hayward, CA	3.1
S	Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles, CA	3.1
W	Woodbury University Burbank, CA	3.11
V	Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA	3.13
O	Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA	3.15
C	California State University San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	3.17
C	California State University Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	3.18
C	California State University Northridge Northridge, CA	3.18
C	California State University San Marcos San Marcos, CA	3.18
C	California College of the Arts Oakland, CA	3.2
C	California State University Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA	3.2
H	Holy Names University Oakland, CA	3.2
M	Menlo College Atherton, CA	3.2
N	Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont, CA	3.2
S	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	3.2
S	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	3.2