![]() By 1973, the GPA of an average student at a four-year college was 2.9. A’s became much more common (see figure below) and C’s, D’s and F’s declined (there’s more discussion of this topic at the end of this post) in popularity. Early on, it was sometimes referred to as “scientific grading.” Until the Vietnam War, C was the most common grade on college campuses. Send them to me, Stuart Rojstaczer, at: fortyquestions at .Ĭollege grading on an A-F scale has been in widespread use for about 100 years. Additional suggestions are always welcome. I also want to thank those who have sent me emails on how to improve my graphics. I want to thank those who have helped us by either sending data or telling us where we can find data. We now have data on average grades from over 400 schools (with a combined enrollment of over four million undergraduates). Chris has done the lion’s share of data collection. In late 2015, at the request of more than a few people, I decided to work with Chris Healy on another update. ![]() We collected data from over 170 schools, updated this website, wrote a research paper, collected more data the following year and wrote another research paper. At that time, I started working with Chris Healy from Furman University. Then I stopped collecting data until December 2008, when I thought it was a good time for a new assessment. By March 2003, I had collected data on grades from over 80 schools. The rise continued unabated at almost every school for which data were available. I found that grade inflation, while waning beginning in the mid-1970s, resurfaced in the mid-1980s. In the process of writing that article, I collected data on trends in grading from about 30 colleges and universities. This web site began as the data link to an op-ed piece I wrote on grade inflation for the Washington Post, Where All Grades Are Above Average, back in January 2003. ![]() Institutions comprising this average were chosen strictly because they have either published grade data or have sent recent data (2012 or newer) to the author covering a span of at least eleven years. Data on the GPAs for each institution where I don’t have a confidentiality agreement can be found at the bottom of this web page. Note that inclusion in these averages does not imply that an institution has significant inflation. Olaf, SUNY-Oswego, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, UC-Berkeley, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest, Washington-Seattle, Washington State, West Georgia, Western Michigan, William & Mary, Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and Yale. Indiana, Iowa State, James Madison, Kent State, Kenyon, Lehigh, Louisiana State, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middlebury, Minnesota, Minnesota-Morris, Missouri, Montclair State, Nebraska-Kearney, North Carolina, North Carolina-Greensboro, North Carolina-Asheville, North Dakota, Northern Arizona, Northern Iowa, Northern Michigan, Northwestern, Oberlin, Penn State, Princeton, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Purdue, Purdue-Calumet, Rensselaer, Roanoke, Rockhurst, Rutgers, San Jose State, South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Connecticut, Southern Utah, St. The figure above shows the average undergraduate GPAs for four-year American colleges and universities from 1983-2013 based on data from: Alabama, Alaska-Anchorage, Appalachian State, Auburn, Brigham Young, Brown, Carleton, Coastal Carolina, Colorado, Columbia College (Chicago), Columbus State, CSU-Fresno, CSU-San Bernardino, Dartmouth, Delaware, DePauw, Duke, Elon, Emory, Florida, Furman, Gardner-Webb, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Gettysburg, Hampden-Sydney, Illinois-Chicago. ![]() GradeInflation at American Colleges and Universities National Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities
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