University
of Minnesota
For
1954-1974 and 2005-2013, average grade awarded, Fall
term. For 1975-1997, mean GPA for Fall term; digitized
from a chart. For
1954-1997, College of Liberal Arts.
For 1926, 2005-2013, all undergraduates.
|
Circa
1926 |
2.11 |
|
1955 |
2.36 |
|
1956 |
2.33 |
|
1957 |
2.28 |
|
1958 |
2.27 |
|
1959 |
2.26 |
|
1960 |
2.29 |
|
1961 |
2.28 |
|
1962 |
2.25 |
|
1963 |
2.27 |
|
1964 |
2.32 |
|
1965 |
2.35 |
|
1966 |
2.38 |
|
1967 |
2.43 |
|
1968 |
2.46 |
|
1969 |
2.55 |
|
1970 |
2.68 |
|
1971 |
2.81 |
|
1972 |
2.87 |
|
1973 |
2.92 |
|
1974 |
2.92 |
|
1975 |
2.90 |
|
1976 |
2.88 |
|
1977 |
2.88 |
|
1978 |
2.88 |
|
1979 |
2.87 |
|
1980 |
2.88 |
|
1981 |
2.86 |
|
1982 |
2.83 |
|
1983 |
2.82 |
|
1985 |
2.80 |
|
1986 |
2.66 |
|
1987 |
2.69 |
|
1988 |
2.73 |
|
1989 |
2.79 |
|
1990 |
2.83 |
|
1991 |
2.86 |
|
1992 |
2.91 |
|
1993 |
2.91 |
|
1994 |
2.94 |
|
1995 |
2.93 |
|
1996 |
2.96 |
|
1997 |
2.95 |
|
2005 |
3.12 |
|
2006 |
3.13 |
|
2007 |
3.15 |
|
2008 |
3.18 |
|
2009 |
3.17 |
|
2010 |
3.19 |
|
2011 |
3.19 |
|
2012 |
3.20 |
|
2013 |
3.21 |
Source:
From
a memo dated November 21, 1927 from the Office of the President, University of
Chicago (contains grade distributions from several schools, including Minnesota;
by way of Irwin Collier, 3/2016)
Faculty
Senate documents
https://onestop.umn.edu/registration/GradeDistribution.html