Colleges in Massachusetts 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. Only Massachusetts schools are listed here.

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
• College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 3.78 avg GPA
• Stonehill College — Easton, MA · 3.00 avg GPA
• Wentworth Institute of Technology — Boston, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Assumption University — Worcester, MA · 3.55 avg GPA
• Merrimack College — North Andover, MA · 3.00 avg GPA
• Emerson College — Boston, MA · 3.70 avg GPA
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts) — Norton, MA · 3.80 avg GPA
• Clark University — Worcester, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Simmons University — Boston, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Endicott College — Beverly, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Emmanuel College — Boston, MA · 3.40 avg GPA
• Suffolk University — Boston, MA · 3.50 avg GPA
• Gordon College — Wenham, MA · 3.60 avg GPA
• Springfield College — Springfield, MA · 3.30 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
• Babson College — Wellesley, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Boston College — Chestnut Hill, MA · 4.00 avg GPA
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Worcester, MA · 3.88 avg GPA
• Williams College — Williamstown, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Northeastern University — Boston, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Wellesley College — Wellesley, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Tufts University — Medford, MA · 3.93 avg GPA
• Boston University — Boston, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Amherst College — Amherst, MA · 3.95 avg GPA
• Brandeis University — Waltham, MA · 3.90 avg GPA
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst — Amherst, MA · 3.85 avg GPA
• Smith College — Northampton, MA · 3.92 avg GPA
• Mount Holyoke College — South Hadley, MA · 3.85 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
• Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 4.20 avg GPA

All colleges that accept a 4.0 GPA, nationwide

Colleges in Massachusetts That Accept a 4.0 GPA on PickACampus