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
- Charter Oak State College — New Britain, CT · 2.90 avg GPA
- Mississippi State University — Mississippi State, MS · 2.90 avg GPA
- Gallaudet University — Washington, DC · 2.90 avg GPA
- Norfolk State University — Norfolk, VA · 2.90 avg GPA
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore — Princess Anne, MD · 2.90 avg GPA
- Lindsey Wilson College — Columbia, KY · 2.90 avg GPA
- Albany State University — Albany, GA · 2.90 avg GPA
- Western New Mexico University — Silver City, NM · 2.90 avg GPA
- Glenville State University — Glenville, WV · 2.85 avg GPA
- Bluefield State University — Bluefield, WV · 2.90 avg GPA
- South Carolina State University — Orangeburg, SC · 2.90 avg GPA
- Alabama State University — Montgomery, AL · 2.90 avg GPA
- Kentucky State University — Frankfort, KY · 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
- Milwaukee School of Engineering — Milwaukee, WI · 3.00 avg GPA
- Pitzer College — Claremont, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Stonehill College — Easton, MA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Dickinson College — Carlisle, PA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Art Center College of Design — Pasadena, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Auburn University — Auburn, AL · 3.10 avg GPA
- Sacred Heart University — Fairfield, CT · 3.00 avg GPA
- Baylor University — Waco, TX · 3.10 avg GPA
- Merrimack College — North Andover, MA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Immaculata University — Immaculata, PA · 3.15 avg GPA
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona — Pomona, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- California State University-Long Beach — Long Beach, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- University at Albany — Albany, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
- Menlo College — Atherton, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
By state
Colleges That Accept a 2.8 GPA on PickACampus
