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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