3.1 GPA: Is This Good? Colleges You Can Get Into With A 3.1

If you have a 3.1 GPA, you've been earning mostly Bs in all of your classes. While your GPA is higher than the national average high school GPA of a 3.0, it will still put limits on where you can expect to be accepted to college.

We've analyzed the student profiles at 1500+ colleges across the United States and the average GPA of its incoming students. Here's how a 3.1 GPA compares to the nation:

• Percentile: 19th

  19.95% of schools have an average GPA below a 3.1.

• Competitive For: 315 Schools

  You can apply to colleges and have a good shot at getting admitted.

• Missing Out On: 1264 Schools

  You have a low chance of getting into with a 3.1 GPA.

To elaborate, the national average for GPA is around a 3.0, so a 3.1 puts you above average nationally. Keep in mind the 3.0 national average represents all students, not just students applying to college, so the average GPA of students admitted to colleges is higher than the national average.

Here's more custom advice for you if you have a 3.1 GPA. Click your grade level to see our evaluation.

• Freshman
• Sophomore
• Junior
• Senior

Having a 3.1 GPA as a freshman isn't bad, but there's certainly room for improvement. This GPA will still give you many college options. However, you'll miss out on schools that are on the more selective side. You have time to raise your GPA before you apply to college, so try to work on bettering your study habits. Ask for help if you need it! If you want to find out whether you stand a chance of acceptance at schools that interest you with your current GPA, try searching for them with our tool in the next section.

As a sophomore, you still have a bit of time before college applications, although changing your GPA is more difficult at this point. A 3.1 GPA means that you're earning decent enough grades to be sure of acceptance at a fair amount of schools with higher admissions rates, but selective colleges may be out of reach. You should try and work on improving your grades junior year so that you can raise your GPA a bit and give yourself more options. If you're interested in any schools at this stage, you can search for them in the next section to find out whether you're likely to be accepted with your current GPA.

Since you're in your junior year, your GPA is unlikely to change at all between now and college applications. While a 3.1 GPA may limit you to less selective schools, there are still nearly 500 colleges where your GPA will make you a competitive applicant. Use our search tool in the next section to check what your admissions chances are at schools that interest you. This should help you to get a better sense of where to apply during your senior fall so that you give yourself a range of viable options.

It's your senior year, so you've probably already started the college application process. Your GPA, though it's not especially low, is going to limit you quite a bit in the schools where you can expect admission. If you've already applied to college or are in the process of applying, you might try searching for the schools you chose in the next section to see if you stand a good chance of being admitted. You may decide to add another safety school to your list if you don't have any prospects that seem like sure bets.