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Results Return to Overview of BGA Survey Category GPA Total Points Overall Grade Rank Nebraska 3.30 20 B 1 New Jersey 3.10 19 B 2 Utah 2.90 17 B- 3 Arkansas 2.80 19 B- 4 Virginia 2.80 17 B- 5 Louisiana 2.70 15 B- 6 Kentucky 2.50 16 C+ 7 Washington 2.50 15 C+ 8 West Virginia 2.50 14 C+ 9 Vermont 2.30 15 C 10 Georgia 2.30 14 C 11 Oregon 2.30 14 C 11 Indiana 2.30 13 C 13 Michigan 2.30 13 C 13 Rhode Island 2.20 13 C 13 South Carolina 2.10 11 C 16 Conneticut 2.00 13 C 17 Texas 2.00 12 C 18 Florida 1.90 13 C- 19 Wisconsin 1.90 12 C- 20 California 1.90 11 C- 21 District of Columbia 1.90 11 C- 21 Iowa 1.90 10 C- 23 New Mexico 1.90 10 C- 23 Idaho 1.80 11 C- 25 Illinois 1.70 11 C- 26 Colorado 1.70 10 C- 27 Hawaii 1.50 11 D+ 28 Maine 1.50 9 D+ 29 Maryland 1.50 9 D+ 29 Mississippi 1.50 9 D+ 29 New Hampshire 1.50 9 D+ 29 New York 1.50 9 D+ 29 Kansas 1.50 8 D+ 34 Massachusetts 1.30 9 D+ 35 Nevada 1.30 8 D+ 36 Oklahoma 1.20 6 D 37 Delaware 1.10 8 D 38 Norh Dakota 1.10 8 D 38 Minnesota 1.10 7 D 40 Ohio 1.10 6 D 41 Missouri 1.00 5 D 42 North Carolina 0.90 6 D- 43 Tennessee 0.60 4 F 44 Montana 0.30 3 F 45 Arizona 0.30 2 F 46 Wyoming 0.30 2 F 46 Alaska 0.10 1 F 48 Pennsylvania 0.10 1 F 48 Alabama 0.00 0 F 50 South Dakota 0.00 0 F 50