Average Business School GPAs by: John A. Byrne on March 27, 2014 | 5 minute read March 27, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Average GPAs for the Top 50 Business Schools in the U.S. P&Q Rank & School 2013 GMAT 2012 GMAT 2011 GMAT 2010 GMAT 2009 GMAT 5-Year Trend 26. Ohio State (Fisher) 3.39 3.38 3.40 3.40 3.41 -.02 27. Rice (Jones) 3.34 3.40 3.40 3.36 3.27 +.07 28. USC (Marshall) 3.35 3.34 3.30 3.30 3.30 +.05 29. Maryland (Smith) 3.25 3.30 3.31 3.34 3.31 -.06 30. Wisconsin 3.42 3.32 3.33 3.36 3.37 +.05 31. Georgia Tech (Scheller) 3.30 3.38 3.31 3.28 3.32 -.02 32. Notre Dame (Mendoza) 3.31 3.26 3.33 3.33 3.30 +.01 33. Penn State (Smeal) 3.39 3.23 3.35 3.40 3.30 +.09 34. Texas A&M (Mays) 3.40 3.40 3.50 3.40 3.38 +.02 35. Iowa (Tippie) 3.43 3.35 3.38 3.36 3.41 +.02 36. Minnesota (Carlson) 3.43 3.40 3.30 3.50 3.43 ———- 37. Rochester (Simon) 3.46 3.45 3.46 3.50 3.53 -.08 38. Michigan State (Broad) 3.30 3.30 3.24 3.30 3.20 +.10 39. SMU (Cox) 3.30 3.40 NA NA 3.24 +.06 40. Boston University 3.35 3.35 3.32 3.35 3.36 -.01 41. Purdue (Krannert) 3.26 3.23 3.32 3.36 3.32 -.06 42. Arizona State (Carey) 3.46 3.40 3.36 3.31 3.33 +.13 43. Brigham Young (Marriott) 3.52 3.50 3.55 3.50 3.54 -.02 44. Illinois-Urbana-Champagn 3.41 3.20 3.40 3.40 3.30 +.11 45. Boston College 3.35 3.41 3.39 3.33 3.41 -.06 46. Wake Forest (Babcock) 3.16 3.25 3.20 3.20 3.10 -.06 47. UC-Irvine (Merage) 3.38 3.35 3.32 3.48 3.42 -.04 48. Florida (Hough) 3.55 3.46 3.51 3.51 3.51 +.04 49. Georgia (Terry) 3.31 3.21 NA NA NA ———- 50. George Washington 3.17 3.29 NA NA NA ———- Source: Poets&Quants analysis from publicly available data from business schools DON’T MISS: AVERAGE GMAT SCORES AT TOP 50 BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. Previous PagePage 3 of 3 1 2 3 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.