Colleges That Accept a 2.8 GPA
A 2.8 GPA is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted GPA, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 2.8 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- University of Georgia — Athens, GA · 2.90 avg GPA
- University of Delaware — Newark, DE · 2.90 avg GPA
- Mississippi State University — Mississippi State, MS · 2.90 avg GPA
- Haskell Indian Nations University — Lawrence, KS · 2.80 avg GPA
- Gallaudet University — Washington, DC · 2.90 avg GPA
- Alabama State University — Montgomery, AL · 2.90 avg GPA
- Norfolk State University — Norfolk, VA · 2.90 avg GPA
- Albany State University — Albany, GA · 2.90 avg GPA
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore — Princess Anne, MD · 2.90 avg GPA
- Gordon State College — Barnesville, GA · 2.90 avg GPA
- South Carolina State University — Orangeburg, SC · 2.90 avg GPA
- Western New Mexico University — Silver City, NM · 2.90 avg GPA
- Bluefield State University — Bluefield, WV · 2.90 avg GPA
- Sul Ross State University — Alpine, TX · 2.90 avg GPA
- Glenville State University — Glenville, WV · 2.85 avg GPA
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 2.8 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- University of Connecticut — Storrs, CT · 3.10 avg GPA
- Baylor University — Waco, TX · 3.10 avg GPA
- Auburn University — Auburn, AL · 3.10 avg GPA
- West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV · 3.10 avg GPA
- Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 3.10 avg GPA
- University of Alaska Fairbanks — Fairbanks, AK · 3.20 avg GPA
- California State University-Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence — Providence, RI · 3.20 avg GPA
- Utica University — Utica, NY · 3.20 avg GPA
- Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT · 3.20 avg GPA
- Salem State University — Salem, MA · 3.20 avg GPA
- Benedictine University — Lisle, IL · 3.20 avg GPA
- California State University-San Bernardino — San Bernardino, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- Eastern Washington University — Cheney, WA · 3.20 avg GPA
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts — North Adams, MA · 3.20 avg GPA
By state
Colleges That Accept a 2.8 GPA on PickACampus
