Mostly small increases at the top, with some noteworthy increases in the second tier of schools. Thirteen of 50 schools have seen a drop over five years, and three have stayed even, while data is incomplete for eight.
| P&Q Rank & School | 2017 Average GPA | 2016 Average GPA | 2015 Average GPA | 2014 Average GPA | 2013 Average GPA | 5-Year Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Penn (Wharton) | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | Even |
| 2. Harvard Business School | 3.71 | 3.67 | 3.66 | 3.67 | 3.70 | +0.01 |
| 3. Stanford GSB | 3.74 | 3.73 | 3.75 | 3.74 | 3.73 | +0.01 |
| 4. Chicago (Booth) | 3.61 | 3.58 | 3.59 | 3.60 | 3.58 | +0.03 |
| 5. Northwestern (Kellogg) | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.54 | +0.06 |
| 6. MIT (Sloan) | 3.49 | 3.58 | 3.50 | 3.58 | 3.58 | -0.09 |
| 7. Dartmouth (Tuck) | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.52 | 3.54 | 3.53 | -0.02 |
| 8. Columbia | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | Even |
| 9. UC-Berkeley (Haas) | 3.71 | 3.64 | 3.66 | 3.62 | 3.60 | +0.11 |
| 10. Yale SOM | 3.67 | 3.63 | 3.60 | 3.53 | 3.57 | +0.10 |
| 11. Michigan (Ross) | 3.50 | 3.44 | 3.36 | 3.40 | 3.40 | +0.10 |
| 12. Duke (Fuqua) | 3.50 | 3.47 | 3.40 | 3.43 | 3.42 | +0.08 |
| 13. Virginia (Darden) | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.53 | 3.50 | 3.51 | -0.01 |
| 14. Cornell (Johnson) | 3.36 | 3.37 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.32 | +0.04 |
| 15. UCLA (Anderson) | 3.52 | 3.52 | 3.48 | 3.50 | 3.47 | +0.05 |
| 16. NYU (Stern) | 3.48 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 3.52 | 3.51 | -0.03 |
| 17. CMU (Tepper) | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.33 | 3.21 | 3.28 | +0.02 |
| 18. Texas-Austin (McCombs) | 3.48 | 3.42 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.39 | +0.09 |
| 18. UNC (Kenan-Flagler) | 3.38 | 3.37 | 3.41 | 3.42 | 3.33 | +0.05 |
| 20. Emory (Goizueta) | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.36 | 3.30 | 3.34 | +0.06 |
| 21. Indiana (Kelley) | 3.38 | 3.34 | 3.36 | 3.34 | 3.31 | +0.07 |
| 22. Washington (Foster) | 3.43 | 3.38 | 3.35 | 3.43 | 3.36 | +0.07 |
| 23. Georgetown (McDonough) | 3.37 | 3.40 | 3.36 | 3.34 | 3.34 | +0.03 |
| 24. Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 3.30 | 3.37 | 3.31 | 3.38 | 3.31 | -0.01 |
| 25. Rice (Jones) | 3.34 | 3.42 | 3.30 | 3.40 | 3.34 | Even |
