Colleges in California 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. Only California schools are listed here.
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 3.0 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Pitzer College — Claremont, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Art Center College of Design — Pasadena, CA · 3.00 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
- Concordia University-Irvine — Irvine, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Mount Saint Mary's University — Los Angeles, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- California State University-Stanislaus — Turlock, CA · 3.10 avg GPA
- California Baptist University — Riverside, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- California State University-East Bay — Hayward, CA · 3.15 avg GPA
- California College of the Arts — San Francisco, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- Vanguard University of Southern California — Costa Mesa, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- California State University-Bakersfield — Bakersfield, CA · 3.10 avg GPA
- Fresno Pacific University — Fresno, CA · 3.00 avg GPA
- California State University-Dominguez Hills — Carson, CA · 3.05 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
- San Jose State University — San Jose, CA · 3.40 avg GPA
- California State University-Fullerton — Fullerton, CA · 3.40 avg GPA
- California State University-Chico — Chico, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- Menlo College — Atherton, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- Sonoma State University — Rohnert Park, CA · 3.25 avg GPA
- California State University-Sacramento — Sacramento, CA · 3.35 avg GPA
- University of La Verne — La Verne, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- San Francisco State University — San Francisco, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- California State University-Monterey Bay — Seaside, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- California State University-Fresno — Fresno, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- California State University-San Bernardino — San Bernardino, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- California State University-Northridge — Northridge, CA · 3.30 avg GPA
- California State University-Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
- California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt — Arcata, CA · 3.20 avg GPA
All colleges that accept a 3.0 GPA, nationwide
Colleges in California That Accept a 3.0 GPA on PickACampus
