GPAs At The Top 50 Business Schools

Students working in teams in Carey's new Forward Focus MBA program. Photo by W. Scott Mitchell

Students working in teams in Carey’s new Forward Focus MBA program. Photo by W. Scott Mitchell

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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