Macalester College

Mean GPA for graduating seniors determined from histograms of grade distributions. Median GPAs are higher than those given below. Average grade awarded, all undergraduates, Fall term. 2007 average grade awarded data include the actual grade awarded by the instructor (the grade that would have been earned) for pass/fail classes.

	Graduating GPA	Average GPA
1997	n.d.	3.26
1998	n.d.	3.27
1999	3.41	3.30
2000	3.41	3.33
2001	3.40	3.34
2002	3.40	3.39
2003	3.43	3.39
2004	3.42	3.40
2005	3.45	3.43
2006	3.50	3.42
2007	3.47	3.40
2008	3.49

Source: Macalester Fact Book, October 2008