Undergraduate GPA: The Score You Need To Get Into A Top-50 U.S. MBA Program

UNDERGRADUATE GPA AVERAGES AT THE TOP U.S. MBA PROGRAMS, CONTD.

2025 P&Q Rank	School	2024 Average Undergraduate GPA	2023 Average GPA	2022 Average GPA	2021 Average GPA	2020 Average GPA	2019 Average GPA	2018 Average GPA	2-Year Change	7-Year Change
26	Rice (Jones)	3.50	3.46**	3.43	3.51	3.41	3.41	3.30	NA	+0.20
27	Georgia (Terry)	3.50	3.55	3.55	3.44	3.42	3.51	3.53	-0.05	-0.03
28	Rochester (Simon)	3.50	3.48**	3.49	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	NA	Even
29	Michigan (Ross)	3.40	3.43	3.50	3.53	3.50	3.50	3.50	-0.03	-0.10
30	Vanderbilt (Owen)	3.40	3.50	3.34	3.33	3.42	3.36	3.30	-0.10	+0.10
31	Brigham Young (Marriott)	3.60	3.50	3.55	3.52	3.58	3.55	3.53	+0.10	+0.07
32	Arizona State (Carey)	3.50	3.57	3.39	3.63	3.53	3.56	3.53	-0.07	-0.03
33	UC-Irvine (Merage)	3.40	3.44	3.45	3.47	3.43	3.48	3.55	-0.04	-0.15
34	Indiana (Kelley)	3.40	3.40	3.38	3.33	3.32	3.34	3.33	Even	+0.07
35	Wisconsin	3.40	3.34	3.40	3.39	3.40	3.38	3.43	+0.06	-0.03
36	Boston University (Questrom)	3.40	3.41	3.30	3.40	3.40	3.40	3.30	-0.01	+0.10
37	Texas-Dallas (Jindal)	3.60	3.60	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.40	3.50	Even	+0.10
37	Michigan State (Broad)	3.40	3.45	3.40	3.40	3.30	3.30	3.30	-0.05	+0.10
39	William & Mary (Mason)	3.30	3.30**	3.30	NA	NA	NA	NA	Even	NA
40	George Washington	3.40	3.35**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	+0.05	NA
41	Texas A&M (Mays)	3.30	3.40**	NA	3.31	3.30	3.30	3.33	-0.10	-0.03
42	Rutgers Business School	3.30	3.24**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	+0.06	NA
43	Florida (Warrington)	3.40	3.40	3.48	3.46	3.48	3.48	3.48	Even	-0.08
44	Fordham (Gabelli)	3.20	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
45	Southern Methodist (Cox)	3.60	3.49**	3.41	3.45	3.30	3.30	3.40	+0.11	+0.20
46	Northeastern (D’Amore-McKim)	3.50	3.56	3.41	NA	NA	NA	NA	-0.06	NA
47	Minnesota (Carlson)	3.50	3.50**	3.45	3.45	3.45	3.45	3.42	Even	+0.08
48	Babson College (Olin)	3.30	3.24**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	+0.06	NA
49	Maryland (Smith)	3.20	3.23	3.35	3.35	3.24	3.26	3.26	-0.03	-0.06
50	Ohio State (Fisher)	3.50	3.48**	3.38	3.42	3.45	3.45	3.44	+0.02	+0.06
51	Boston College (Carroll)	3.30	3.22	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	+0.11	NA
53	Utah (Eccles)	3.50	3.47**	3.50	3.40	3.50	3.49	3.48	+0.03	+0.02
56	Pittsburgh (Katz)		3.40**	3.40	3.40	3.45	3.45	3.30
57	Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam)	3.50	3.41	NA	3.40	3.50	3.48	3.50	+0.09	Even
59	University of Miami	3.30	3.25	NA	3.43	3.32	3.30	3.35	+0.05	-0.05
60	UC-Davis	3.40	3.40	NA	3.30	3.30	3.50	3.20	Even	+0.20
68	Alabama (Manderson)	3.70	3.68**	NA	3.70	3.67	3.67	3.63	+0.02	+0.07

** Estimate using US News 10th-90th percentile; Source: U.S. News & World Report

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