GPAs At The Top 50 Business Schools

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P&Q Rank & School	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	5-Year Trend
26. Michigan State (Broad)	3.34	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.24	+.10
27. Southern California (Marshall)	3.31	3.35	3.35	3.34	3.30	+.01
28. Rice (Jones)	3.30	3.40	3.34	3.40	3.40	-.10
29. Vanderbilt (Owen)	3.36	3.32	3.38	3.37	3.40	-.04
30. Minnesota (Carlson)	3.41	3.42	3.43	3.40	3.30	+.11
31. Ohio State (Fisher)	3.46	3.48	3.39	3.38	3.40	+.06
32. Wisconsin	3.38	3.35	3.42	3.32	3.33	+.05
33. Penn State (Smeal)	3.37	3.43	3.39	3.23	3.35	+.02
34. Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller)	3.18	3.31	3.30	3.38	3.31	-.13
35. Maryland (Smith)	3.35	3.33	3.25	3.30	3.31	+.04
36. Arizona State (Carey)	3.37	3.46	3.46	3.40	3.36	+.01
37. Iowa (Tippie)	3.27	3.39	3.43	3.35	3.38	-.11
38. Rochester (Simon)	3.40	3.55	3.46	3.45	3.46	-.06
39. Southern Methodist (Cox)	3.40	3.22	3.30	3.40	NA	———
40. Pittsburgh (Katz)	3.27	3.36	NA	NA	NA	NA
41. Texas A&M (Mays)	3.50	3.47	3.40	3.40	3.50	———
42. Boston University (Questrom)	3.33	3.41	3.35	3.35	3.32	+.01
43. Brigham Young (Marriott)	3.54	3.49	3.52	3.50	3.55	-.01
44. Purdue (Krannert)	3.38	3.34	3.26	3.23	3.32	+.06
45. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign	3.38	3.30	3.41	3.20	3.40	-.02
46. Florida (Hough)	3.46	3.45	NA	NA	NA	NA
47. UC-Irvine (Merage)	3.36	3.43	3.38	3.35	3.32	+.04
48. Georgia (Terry)	3.43	3.32	3.31	3.21	NA	———
49. George Washington	3.24	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
50. Temple (Fox)	3.59	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Source: Poets&Quants analysis from available GPA data

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