Does CampusPin know the average GPA at these colleges?

No, and this page does not show one. CampusPin does not hold admitted-student GPA distributions, so there is no GPA column here and no GPA threshold is claimed. What is shown instead is each college's acceptance rate and published SAT range, both reported to federal data collections.

How was this list of colleges chosen for a 4.0 GPA?

By acceptance rate. This page groups colleges that admit 0–25% of applicants — CampusPin's most selective band. The grouping is an editorial starting point for exploring, not a statement that a 4.0 GPA is required or sufficient at any of them.

Can I get into these colleges with a 4.0 GPA?

Nobody can answer that from a GPA alone, and this page does not try to. Admissions decisions weigh course rigor, grade trends, test scores where submitted, essays, recommendations, and each college's own priorities in a given year. Use this list to build a range of options, then check each college's published requirements.

How much do these colleges cost?

Costs are in the table: published in-state tuition and, where the college reports it, the average net price students actually paid after grants and scholarships. Net price is an average across a prior entering class and varies widely by family income, so treat it as a comparison between colleges rather than your own bill.

Admissions profile

Colleges to explore with a 4.0 GPA

These 95 colleges admit 0–25% of applicants — CampusPin’s most selective band, a starting point for students exploring with a 4.0 GPA. CampusPin does not hold admitted-student GPA data, so no GPA figure is shown or implied.

Most selective colleges admitting 0–25% of applicants

Largest by enrollment first. Showing 30 of 95. The SAT column is each college’s published admitted-student range where it reports one — the closest published proxy CampusPin has for academic profile.

Colleges admitting 0–25% of applicants, with acceptance rate, published SAT range, tuition, net price, and graduation rate.
College	Acceptance rate	SAT range	In-state tuition	Avg. net price	Graduation rate	Public/private	Location
New York University	9%	1480–1570	$62,796	$37,050	88%	Private	New York, NY
University of Florida	24%	1300–1480	$6,380	$6,541	91%	Public	Gainesville, FL
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	16%	1350–1530	$17,736	$13,138	93%	Public	Ann Arbor, MI
University of Southern California	10%	1440–1550	$72,097	$32,740	92%	Private	Los Angeles, CA
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	14%	1330–1530	$12,058	$12,116	94%	Public	Atlanta, GA
University of California, Los Angeles	9%	1364–1587	$13,225	$12,548	93%	Public	Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Berkeley	11%	1274–1545	$14,226	$13,481	93%	Public	Berkeley, CA
Florida State University	25%	1240–1390	$5,616	$11,297	86%	Public	Tallahassee, FL
Boston University	11%	1400–1520	$68,102	$24,402	89%	Private	Boston, MA
Columbia University in the City of New York	4%	1490–1570	$71,845	$21,590	96%	Private	New York, NY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	15%	1370–1530	$8,994	$11,655	91%	Public	Chapel Hill, NC
Northeastern University	5%	1460–1550	$66,162	$30,915	91%	Private	Boston, MA
Johns Hopkins University	6%	1530–1580	$65,230	$18,809	94%	Private	Baltimore, MD
Harvard University	4%	1500–1580	$61,676	$19,066	98%	Private	Cambridge, MA
Cornell University	9%	1480–1560	$69,314	$28,690	95%	Private	Ithaca, NY
University of Virginia-Main Campus	17%	1410–1530	$21,803	$21,565	96%	Public	Charlottesville, VA
Northwestern University	8%	1490–1560	$68,322	$29,167	95%	Private	Evanston, IL
Georgetown University	13%	1390–1550	$68,017	$40,815	95%	Private	Washington, DC
University of Miami	19%	1330–1470	$62,616	$37,244	84%	Private	Coral Gables, FL
University of Chicago	5%	1510–1570	$70,662	$14,860	96%	Private	Chicago, IL
Stanford University	4%	1510–1580	$65,910	$13,807	92%	Private	Stanford, CA
Duke University	6%	1510–1570	$68,758	$29,612	97%	Private	Durham, NC
Washington University in St Louis	12%	1500–1570	$65,790	$21,786	94%	Private	Saint Louis, MO
Carnegie Mellon University	11%	1500–1570	$66,246	$31,944	94%	Private	Pittsburgh, PA
Yale University	4%	1500–1580	$67,250	$23,777	96%	Private	New Haven, CT
Boston College	16%	1430–1540	$70,702	$41,704	91%	Private	Chestnut Hill, MA
Emory University	11%	1460–1550	$64,280	$22,585	91%	Private	Atlanta, GA
Vanderbilt University	6%	1510–1560	$67,498	$15,846	94%	Private	Nashville, TN
Tufts University	11%	1460–1550	$70,704	$39,998	94%	Private	Medford, MA
University of Notre Dame	12%	1440–1540	$62,693	$27,823	97%	Private	Notre Dame, IN

How this page was built

CampusPin does not hold admitted-student GPA data.There is no GPA field in our dataset, so this page shows no GPA figure for any college and asserts no GPA threshold. Publishing an invented “typical GPA” column would be fabricating a statistic, which we will not do.

Instead, colleges are grouped by acceptance rate, which every institution in the dataset reports. The most selective band covers colleges admitting 0–25% of applicants. Mapping a 4.0 GPAto this band is CampusPin’s editorial starting point for exploration — it is not derived from admissions data and is not a claim about your odds anywhere.

If you have taken the SAT, the SAT score pages are built on real published percentile data and will place you more precisely than any GPA band can.

Frequently asked questions

Does CampusPin know the average GPA at these colleges?: No, and this page does not show one. CampusPin does not hold admitted-student GPA distributions, so there is no GPA column here and no GPA threshold is claimed. What is shown instead is each college's acceptance rate and published SAT range, both reported to federal data collections.
How was this list of colleges chosen for a 4.0 GPA?: By acceptance rate. This page groups colleges that admit 0–25% of applicants — CampusPin's most selective band. The grouping is an editorial starting point for exploring, not a statement that a 4.0 GPA is required or sufficient at any of them.
Can I get into these colleges with a 4.0 GPA?: Nobody can answer that from a GPA alone, and this page does not try to. Admissions decisions weigh course rigor, grade trends, test scores where submitted, essays, recommendations, and each college's own priorities in a given year. Use this list to build a range of options, then check each college's published requirements.
How much do these colleges cost?: Costs are in the table: published in-state tuition and, where the college reports it, the average net price students actually paid after grants and scholarships. Net price is an average across a prior entering class and varies widely by family income, so treat it as a comparison between colleges rather than your own bill.

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Data sources & methodology

Admissions, cost, and outcome figures come from each institution's federal reporting.

Sources used across this page

Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.

IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.

Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.

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