Colleges with the Highest GPA in Iowa

Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 31 colleges in Iowa with the highest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Grinnell College tops the list with an average reported GPA of 3.89. Note that not all colleges report GPA for their incoming class. Those with asterisk(*) denote a predicted GPA by the CollegeSimply AI algorithm.

GPA Data is reported by participating colleges to Wintergreen Orchard House and is reproduced under license.

List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
	School	Average GPA
G	Grinnell College Estimated GPA Grinnell, IA	3.89*
I	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3.78
S	Simpson College Indianola, IA	3.72
I	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.71
D	Drake University Des Moines, IA	3.68
D	Dordt College Sioux Center, IA	3.65
C	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	3.62
N	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	3.61
L	Luther College Decorah, IA	3.6
N	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	3.6
E	Emmaus Bible College Weighted GPA Dubuque, IA	3.58
W	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	3.53
C	Central College Pella, IA	3.52
C	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	3.5
S	St Luke's College Sioux City, IA	3.48
B	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA	3.45
L	Loras College Dubuque, IA	3.45
F	Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Ankeny, IA	3.42
M	Morningside College Sioux City, IA	3.42
M	Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IA	3.4