Dartmouth
College
Average
grade awarded, 1926. Average GPA, Academic Year 1931-1968. For 1955-1960, 1964, 1965, and 1968,
estimated from Dartmouth's 5.0 system from that era.
Circa 1926 |
2.11 |
1931 |
2.33 |
1932 |
2.35 |
1936 |
2.33 |
1937 |
2.30 |
1940 |
2.35 |
1941 |
2.33 |
1946 |
2.41 |
1947 |
2.42 |
1949 |
2.48 |
1950 |
2.48 |
1951 |
2.45 |
1955 |
2.44 |
1956 |
2.45 |
1958 |
2.46 |
1959 |
2.48 |
1960 |
2.47 |
1961 |
2.50 |
1962 |
2.53 |
1963 |
2.58 |
1964 |
2.63 |
1965 |
2.66 |
1966 |
2.68 |
1968 |
2.80 |
1974 |
3.04 |
1975 |
3.07 |
1976 |
3.05 |
1977 |
3.06 |
1978 |
3.07 |
1979 |
3.07 |
1980 |
3.11 |
1981 |
3.11 |
1982 |
3.09 |
1983 |
3.11 |
1984 |
3.11 |
1985 |
3.12 |
1986 |
3.16 |
1987 |
3.17 |
1988 |
3.18 |
1989 |
3.21 |
1990 |
3.22 |
1991 |
3.20 |
1992 |
3.22 |
1993 |
3.23 |
1994 |
3.25 |
1995 |
3.24 |
1996 |
3.26 |
1997 |
3.28 |
1998 |
3.29 |
1999 |
3.32 |
2000 |
3.31 |
2001 |
3.33 |
2002 |
3.32 |
2003 |
3.33 |
2004 |
3.35 |
2005 |
3.37 |
2006 |
3.38 |
2007 |
3.39 |
2008 |
3.41 |
2009 |
3.42 |
2010 |
3.41 |
2011 |
3.41 |
2012 |
3.45 |
2013 |
3.45 |
2014 |
3.46 |
Source:
From a memo dated November 21, 1927 from
the Office of the President, University of Chicago (contains grade
distributions from several schools, including Dartmouth; by way of Irwin
Collier, 3/2016) College Archives Proposal
for Addressing Grade Inflation at Dartmouth College, May 11, 2015 |