Can GPAs Get Any Higher At Top Business Schools?

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Average GPAs At The Top 50 MBA Programs In The U.S.

 

P&Q Rank & School 2014 Average 2013 2012 2011 2010 5-Year Trend
26. Southern California (Marshall) 3.35 3.35 3.34 3.30 3.30 +.05
27. Rice (Jones) 3.40 3.34 3.40 3.40 3.36 +.04
28. Ohio State (Fisher) 3.48 3.39 3.38 3.40 3.40 +.08
29. Wisconsin-Madison 3.35 3.42 3.32 3.33 3.36 -.01
30. Maryland (Smith) 3.33 3.25 3.30 3.31 3.34 -.01
31. Brigham Young (Marriott) 3.49 3.52 3.50 3.55 3.50 -.01
32. Penn State (Smeal) 3.43 3.39 3.23 3.35 3.40 +.03
33. Rochester (Simon) 3.55 3.46 3.45 3.46 3.50 +.05
34. Texas A&M (Mays) 3.47 3.40 3.40 3.50 3.40 +.07
35. Michigan State (Broad) 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.24 3.30 ———-
36. Minnesota (Carlson) 3.42 3.43 3.40 3.30 3.50 -.08
36. Notre Dame (Mendoza) 3.38 3.31 3.26 3.33 3.33 +.05
38. Georgia Tech (Scheller) 3.31 3.30 3.38 3.31 3.28 -.03
39. Purdue (Krannert) 3.34 3.26 3.23 3.32 3.36 -.02
40. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 3.30 3.41 3.20 3.40 3.40 -.10
41. Arizona State (Carey) 3.46 3.46 3.40 3.36 3.31 +.15
42. Boston University 3.41 3.35 3.35 3.32 3.35 +.06
43. Pittsburgh (Katz) 3.36 NA NA NA NA NA
44. UC-Davis 3.27 NA NA NA NA NA
45. Wake Forest (Babcock) 3.33 3.16 3.25 3.20 3.20 +.13
46. UC-Irvine (Merage) 3.43 3.38 3.35 3.32 3.48 -.05
47. Southern Methodist (Cox) 3.22 3.30 3.40 NA NA NA
48. Boston College (Carroll) 3.37 3.35 3.41 3.39 3.33 +.04
49. Iowa (Tippie) 3.39 3.43 3.35 3.38 3.36 +.03
50. Georgia (Terry) 3.32 3.31 3.21 NA NA NA

Source: Poets&Quants analysis from available GPA data

DON’T MISS: AVERAGE GMAT SCORES FOR THE TOP 50 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS or ACCEPTANCE RATES & APPLICATION VOLUME FOR THE TOP 50 U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS

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