All the UC Campuses Had Excellent Baccalaureate GPAs in 2020-21

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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These were students who graduated in the academic year referenced, in the fall, winter or spring for the quarter UCs or in fall or spring for the two semester UCs, UCB and UCM. Some of the elevation might have been from the effects of COVID and remote instruction for a portion of these grads’ time {at} university. The incoming cohorts were from 2015-2018.

Here’s a link to the data (second tab):
Campus From HS GPA Xfer GPA Total Comb.GPA
UCB 5,962 3.67 2,284 3.52 8,246 3.63
UCD 5,437 3.50 2,960 3.33 8,397 3.44
UCI 5,710 3.57 2,837 3.51 8,547 3.55
UCLA 5,771 3.66 3,145 3.62 8,916 3.65
UCM 1,638 3.48 164 3.44 1,802 3.48
UCR 3,898 3.49 1,655 3.36 5,553 3.45
UCSB 4,080 3.54 1,975 3.35 6,055 3.48
UCSC 3,223 3.55 1,311 3.43 4,534 3.51
UCSD 5,430 3.60 3,109 3.42 8,539 3.53
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Or more to the point, the easier access and (perceived) lack of penalty for choosing P/F during the pandemic. IIRC you could opt for P/F up to week 6 instead of week 3 in the quarter so you had a much better idea of what grade you would get by then.

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Great point.

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It is no surprise that students who took more time to graduate had lower GPAs. (GPAs of non graduates are not shown, but are likely lower than those of the slowest graduates.)

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Let me add that the gpa calculation for xfers was from the cohorts entering in 2016-2019. When I get the chance, I’ll add a couple of previous academic years, because all UCs graduation gpas have ascended with respect to years, and they did especially from 2019-20 to 2020-21.

@ucbalumnus, undoubtedly, huge + correlation. Those who graduated ≤ four years were mostly helped along with college credits before entering college, and they were more prepared for college. And so much for UCB (and UCLA) being grade deflationary.

{Edit:} As far as those who hadn’t made it to graduation, there’s always going to be >5% who never will because they probably dropped out somewhere in their freshmen year. Some would have transfered out or also dropped out later, but most did so early on. {/}