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.
- Haskell Indian Nations University — Lawrence, KS · 2.80 avg GPA
- Langston University — Langston, OK · 2.80 avg GPA
- Miles College — Fairfield, AL · 2.75 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
- 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
- University of Delaware — Newark, DE · 2.90 avg GPA
- Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 3.10 avg GPA
- Mississippi State University — Mississippi State, MS · 2.90 avg GPA
- Rhode Island College — Providence, RI · 3.15 avg GPA
- Aurora University — Aurora, IL · 3.15 avg GPA
- Fitchburg State University — Fitchburg, MA · 3.15 avg GPA
- California State University-East Bay — Hayward, CA · 3.15 avg GPA
- Saint Cloud State University — Saint Cloud, MN · 3.15 avg GPA
- Keuka College — Keuka Park, NY · 3.10 avg GPA
- Curry College — Milton, MA · 3.10 avg GPA
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 3.0 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick — New Brunswick, NJ · 3.30 avg GPA
- Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN · 3.30 avg GPA
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — University Park, PA · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN · 3.30 avg GPA
- Brigham Young University — Provo, UT · 3.30 avg GPA
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — Knoxville, TN · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of South Carolina-Columbia — Columbia, SC · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Kansas — Lawrence, KS · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Mississippi — University, MS · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Rhode Island — Kingston, RI · 3.30 avg GPA
- University of Maine — Orono, ME · 3.38 avg GPA
- University of Nevada-Reno — Reno, NV · 3.32 avg GPA
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus — Albuquerque, NM · 3.28 avg GPA
By state
Colleges That Accept a 3.0 GPA on PickACampus
