California Colleges Ranked by Lowest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 96 colleges in California with the lowest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. University of the West tops the list with an average reported GPA of 2.43. 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
School Average GPA
Mount St. Mary's College

Los Angeles, CA

3.59 
Westmont College

Santa Barbara, CA

3.59 
Saint Marys College of California

Moraga, CA

3.6 
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

3.61 
Concordia University Irvine

Irvine, CA

3.61 
Whittier College

Whittier, CA

3.61 
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

3.63 
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

3.63 
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

3.65 
Dominican University of California

San Rafael, CA

3.66 
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

3.67 
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Pomona, CA

3.69 
Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, CA

3.69 
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

3.7 
Chapman University

Orange, CA

3.7 
Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA

3.7 
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

3.73 
Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, CA

3.74