Colleges That Accept a 4.0 GPA
A 4.0 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 4.0 GPA. You are above their typical applicant.
- Bentley University — Waltham, MA · 3.70 avg GPA
- University of Chicago — Chicago, IL · 3.50 avg GPA
- University of Southern California — Los Angeles, CA · 3.79 avg GPA
- Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN · 3.83 avg GPA
- College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 3.78 avg GPA
- Lafayette College — Easton, PA · 3.78 avg GPA
- Providence College — Providence, RI · 3.70 avg GPA
- University of Maryland-College Park — College Park, MD · 3.50 avg GPA
- Trinity College — Hartford, CT · 3.72 avg GPA
- Fairfield University — Fairfield, CT · 3.70 avg GPA
- New York University — New York, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 3.72 avg GPA
- University of San Diego — San Diego, CA · 3.78 avg GPA
- United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 3.72 avg GPA
- Bryant University — Smithfield, RI · 3.60 avg GPA
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 4.0 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering — Needham, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
- Stanford University — Stanford, CA · 3.96 avg GPA
- Harvey Mudd College — Claremont, CA · 3.95 avg GPA
- Babson College — Wellesley, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, PA · 3.90 avg GPA
- Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA · 3.91 avg GPA
- Princeton University — Princeton, NJ · 3.90 avg GPA
- Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 4.05 avg GPA
- Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 4.12 avg GPA
- Georgetown University — Washington, DC · 3.93 avg GPA
- Claremont McKenna College — Claremont, CA · 3.95 avg GPA
- Yale University — New Haven, CT · 4.14 avg GPA
- University of Notre Dame — Notre Dame, IN · 4.06 avg GPA
- Santa Clara University — Santa Clara, CA · 3.85 avg GPA
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — Atlanta, GA · 4.07 avg GPA
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 4.0 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · 4.17 avg GPA
- California Institute of Technology — Pasadena, CA · 4.25 avg GPA
- Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 4.20 avg GPA
- University of California-Berkeley — Berkeley, CA · 4.15 avg GPA
- University of Virginia-Main Campus — Charlottesville, VA · 4.19 avg GPA
- University of California-Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA · 4.18 avg GPA
- University of California-San Diego — La Jolla, CA · 4.18 avg GPA
By state
Colleges That Accept a 4.0 GPA on PickACampus
