Illinois Colleges Ranked by Lowest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 68 colleges in Illinois with the lowest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Richland Community College tops the list with an average reported GPA of 2.15. 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 Lowest GPA
School Average GPA
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

3.18 
Concordia University Chicago

River Forest, IL

3.18 
MacMurray College

Estimated GPA

Jacksonville, IL

3.19*
Eureka College

Eureka, IL

3.22 
Blackburn College

Carlinville, IL

3.23 
Greenville University

Greenville, IL

3.23 
Hebrew Theological College

Estimated GPA

Skokie, IL

3.24*
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

3.24 
Rockford University

Rockford, IL

3.25 
Benedictine University

Lisle, IL

3.26 
Trinity International University

Deerfield, IL

3.26 
Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

3.3 
Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, IL

3.3 
Black Hawk College

Moline, IL

3.33 
Principia College

Elsah, Illinois

3.34 
McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

3.38 
Olivet Nazarene University

Estimated GPA

Bourbonnais, IL

3.38*
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

3.39