Northwestern
University
Fall term
(except 1926), average grade awarded, all undergraduates.
Circa
1926 |
2.39 |
1970 |
2.97 |
1971 |
3.01 |
1972 |
3.05 |
1973 |
3.13 |
1974 |
3.10 |
1975 |
3.09 |
1976 |
3.04 |
1977 |
3.00 |
1978 |
3.03 |
1979 |
3.04 |
1980 |
3.02 |
1981 |
3.04 |
1982 |
3.03 |
1983 |
3.04 |
1984 |
3.05 |
1985 |
3.05 |
1986 |
3.05 |
1987 |
3.09 |
1989 |
3.12 |
1990 |
3.17 |
1991 |
3.20 |
1992 |
3.21 |
1993 |
3.23 |
1994 |
3.23 |
1995 |
3.25 |
1996 |
3.27 |
1998 |
3.35 |
1999 |
3.35 |
2000 |
3.35 |
2001 |
3.38 |
2002 |
3.35 |
2003 |
3.35 |
2004 |
3.36 |
2005 |
3.39 |
2006 |
3.37 |
2007 |
3.40 |
2008 |
3.41 |
2011 |
3.42 |
2012 |
3.43 |
2013 |
3.44 |
2014 |
3.46 |
2015 |
3.48 |
Source:
From a memo dated November 21, 1927 from the
Office of the President, University of Chicago (contains grade distributions
from several schools, including Northwestern; by way of Irwin Collier, 3/2016)
University Archives
Northwestern
Media Observer, Nov. 2, 2000
University Data Books (no longer online)
Internal
grade reports