Find Colleges for Your GPA

Find target, reach, and safety schools based on your GPA, with acceptance rates and test score data for thousands of colleges.

Where your 3.5 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.
Showing 30 of 3,085 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (268) · best fit first
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,69% admitted
Average GPA3.48As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%510–620 R&W490–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–26
Your 3.5their average 3.48Target
University of HoustonHouston, Texas Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
Average GPA3.46As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%590–670 R&W570–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–29
Your 3.5their average 3.46Target
California State University FullertonFullerton, California Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA3.43As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.43Target
California State University SacramentoSacramento, California Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA3.38As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.38Target
Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,92% admitted
Average GPA3.60As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W530–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–28
Your 3.5their average 3.60Target
University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA3.58As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W530–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–28
Your 3.5their average 3.58Target
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA3.56As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–660 R&W570–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–28
Your 3.5their average 3.56Target
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
Average GPA3.45As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–670 R&W560–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–31
Your 3.5their average 3.45Target
Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,87% admitted
Average GPA3.46As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.46Target
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA3.63As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%520–650 R&W490–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–30
Your 3.5their average 3.63Target
University of Nevada RenoReno, Nevada Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
Average GPA3.42As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W520–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–26
Your 3.5their average 3.42Target
Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,88% admitted
Average GPA3.62As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%500–620 R&W490–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–27
Your 3.5their average 3.62Target
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%480–600 R&W460–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–30
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,68% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%500–620 R&W480–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–25
Your 3.5their average 3.41Target
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,69% admitted
Average GPA3.62As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%520–630 R&W490–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–26
Your 3.5their average 3.62Target
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
Average GPA3.43As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–650 R&W530–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–29
Your 3.5their average 3.43Target
University of New Mexico Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,95% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%460–600 R&W430–570 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–26
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%560–660 R&W550–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–29
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA3.42As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–640 R&W520–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–29
Your 3.5their average 3.42Target
University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,72% admitted
Average GPA3.48As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%480–600 R&W435–580 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–24
Your 3.5their average 3.48Target
California State University San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA3.39As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.39Target
Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,82% admitted
Average GPA3.51As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%540–645 R&W525–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–27
Your 3.5their average 3.51Target
California State University ChicoChico, California Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA3.42As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%590–710 R&W560–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–31
Your 3.5their average 3.42Target
University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,87% admitted
Average GPA3.38As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%570–630 R&W550–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–28
Your 3.5their average 3.38Target
Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%470–610 R&W435–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%17–25
Your 3.5their average 3.41Target
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,85% admitted
Average GPA3.55As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.55Target
CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%540–700 R&W530–730 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
University of Missouri St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,63% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%510–630 R&W550–660 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–27
Your 3.5their average 3.41Target
University of New Hampshire Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,88% admitted
Average GPA3.64As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%550–670 R&W540–660 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–30
Your 3.5their average 3.64Target
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How to read the figures

Example: how a college appears in the list
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan Public, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
  • How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
  • Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
  • Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
  • SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
  • ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.

A dash means the college didn't report that figure.

Where the data comes from

FigureSourceData year
Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT rangesThe U.S. Department of Education's yearly college surveyFall 2024
Average high school GPA (268 colleges)Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set)2023–24 to 2025–26
Average SAT for the SAT filter and sortCollege Scorecard, U.S. Department of EducationLatest available

Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

Reviewed by the GPA Calculator team · Updated October 2026

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data