Colleges That Accept a 3.0 GPA
A 3.0 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.
Likely
Schools where the average admitted student is below 3.0 GPA. You are above their typical applicant.
- Miles College — Fairfield, AL · 2.75 avg GPA
- Langston University — Langston, OK · 2.80 avg GPA
- Haskell Indian Nations University — Lawrence, KS · 2.80 avg GPA
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 3.0 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- University of Georgia — Athens, GA · 2.90 avg GPA
- 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
- University of Delaware — Newark, DE · 2.90 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
- Charter Oak State College — New Britain, CT · 2.90 avg GPA
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 3.0 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Dominican University of California — San Rafael, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick — New Brunswick, NJ · 3.30 avg GPA
- Brigham Young University — Provo, UT · 3.30 avg GPA
- Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Scranton — Scranton, PA · 3.30 avg GPA
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — University Park, PA · 3.30 avg GPA
- Wabash College — Crawfordsville, IN · 3.30 avg GPA
- Maine Maritime Academy — Castine, ME · 3.35 avg GPA
- University of Denver — Denver, CO · 3.30 avg GPA
- San Jose State University — San Jose, CA · 3.40 avg GPA
- The University of Texas at Dallas — Richardson, TX · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of South Carolina-Columbia — Columbia, SC · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Rhode Island — Kingston, RI · 3.30 avg GPA
- Ramapo College of New Jersey — Mahwah, NJ · 3.30 avg GPA
By state
Colleges That Accept a 3.0 GPA on PickACampus
