Highest Average GPA

Colleges whose admitted students carry the highest high school GPAs. This ranking highlights schools like University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harvard University and University of Virginia-Main Campus, each shown with acceptance rate, tuition, and SAT data.

1. 1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC · 15.3% acceptance · SAT 1,439 · $41,203 tuition · 91% grad rate
2. 2. Harvard University — Cambridge, MA · 3.7% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $61,676 tuition · 98% grad rate
3. 3. University of Virginia-Main Campus — Charlottesville, VA · 16.8% acceptance · SAT 1,480 · $59,512 tuition · 96% grad rate
4. 4. University of California-Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA · 9% acceptance · $49,403 tuition · 93% grad rate
5. 5. University of California-San Diego — La Jolla, CA · 26.7% acceptance · $50,958 tuition · 86% grad rate
6. 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA · 4.6% acceptance · SAT 1,560 · $62,396 tuition · 96% grad rate
7. 7. University of California-Berkeley — Berkeley, CA · 11% acceptance · $50,547 tuition · 93% grad rate
8. 8. Yale University — New Haven, CT · 3.9% acceptance · SAT 1,534 · $67,250 tuition · 96% grad rate
9. 9. Duke University — Durham, NC · 5.7% acceptance · SAT 1,548 · $68,758 tuition · 97% grad rate
10. 10. Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 4% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $71,845 tuition · 96% grad rate
11. 11. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo — San Luis Obispo, CA · 31.3% acceptance · $34,665 tuition · 86% grad rate
12. 12. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL · 7.7% acceptance · SAT 1,533 · $68,322 tuition · 95% grad rate
13. 13. Dartmouth College — Hanover, NH · 5.4% acceptance · SAT 1,534 · $68,268 tuition · 96% grad rate
14. 14. University of California-Santa Barbara — Santa Barbara, CA · 33% acceptance · $50,614 tuition · 83% grad rate
15. 15. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — Atlanta, GA · 14.1% acceptance · SAT 1,480 · $34,484 tuition · 94% grad rate
16. 16. University of Notre Dame — Notre Dame, IN · 11.3% acceptance · SAT 1,520 · $65,025 tuition · 95% grad rate
17. 17. Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 8.8% acceptance · SAT 1,535 · $69,314 tuition · 95% grad rate
18. 18. University of California-Davis — Davis, CA · 41.8% acceptance · $50,974 tuition · 86% grad rate
19. 19. The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 87% acceptance · SAT 1,105 · $22,051 tuition · 53% grad rate
20. 20. Brown University — Providence, RI · 5.4% acceptance · SAT 1,546 · $71,412 tuition · 96% grad rate
21. 21. Rice University — Houston, TX · 8% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $64,144 tuition · 95% grad rate
22. 22. Washington University in St Louis — St. Louis, MO · 12.1% acceptance · SAT 1,530 · $65,790 tuition · 94% grad rate
23. 23. Boston College — Chestnut Hill, MA · 16.4% acceptance · SAT 1,507 · $70,702 tuition · 91% grad rate
24. 24. Wesleyan University — Middletown, CT · 16.5% acceptance · SAT 1,501 · $70,342 tuition · 93% grad rate
25. 25. Stanford University — Stanford, CA · 3.6% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $65,910 tuition · 92% grad rate

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