Chart of the Week: GPA by Athletic Conference

Average college grades vary widely by athletic conference affiliation. While the average GPA at Pac-10 schools (e.g., UCLA and the University of Washington) is a whopping 3.22, the average GPA at Conference-USA schools (e.g., the University of Houston and Southern Miss) is 2.85, as this chart demonstrates.


Notes: The sample includes GPAs only of public institutions. The sample for each conference average is at least 50% of all institutions affiliated with that conference.