Grade distributions at 34 colleges, circa 1940
Study done by the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society
Colleges listed in descending order of Average Grade:
College	Average	Std. Dev.	% A	%B	%C	%D	%F	period of record
# 9	2.68	0.93	19	41	30	7	2	1938-39
# 11	2.65	0.98	21	36	32	9	3	1939-40
# 43	2.63	1.08	24	32	31	8	5	fall 1939
# 35	2.60	0.92	16	41	32	10	2	1938-39
# 45	2.59	0.95	18	36	35	9	2	1938-39
# 36	2.58	0.98	18	38	32	9	3	1938-39
# 33	2.53	1.11	21	34	27	13	5	fall 1937
# 4	2.52	0.91	14	37	38	9	2	spring 1941
# 32	2.51	0.96	16	33	37	11	2	fall 1938
# 24	2.48	0.90	13	36	41	8	3	fall 1940
# 20	2.46	1.16	21	29	31	10	8	fall 1940
# 15	2.45	1.03	15	37	32	12	5	spring 1939
# 19	2.45	1.05	16	34	35	10	6	fall 1936
# 2	2.44	0.96	14	34	39	10	4	1938-39
# 10	2.43	0.99	14	33	39	10	4	fall 1938
# 30	2.43	1.03	15	33	37	10	5	1940-41
# 26	2.41	1.12	18	31	32	12	7	fall 1938
# 41	2.38	0.87	10	32	48	7	3	1937-38
# 14	2.36	1.08	14	33	35	11	7	1938-39
# 28	2.36	1.07	12	38	32	10	8	spring 1939
# 7	2.36	1.12	16	32	32	13	7	fall 1939
# 39	2.34	0.98	13	26	45	11	4	1940-41
# 5	2.32	1.12	15	31	32	14	7	1927 - 1937
# 21	2.29	0.92	10	28	45	13	3	1938-39
# 37	2.29	1.21	16	31	29	12	12	fall 1940
# 23	2.27	1.04	11	31	38	13	7	fall 1939
# 12	2.25	1.03	9	34	37	12	7	fall 1939
# 1	2.23	1.07	12	28	35	18	6	spr. & fall 1939
# 18	2.20	1.07	11	28	36	17	7	spring 1939
# 40	2.14	1.21	14	27	30	17	12	1938-39
# 38	2.10	1.19	12	29	32	16	13	1938-39
# 3	2.02	1.26	12	26	28	16	16	fall 1939
# 34	2.01	0.98	3	31	39	19	9	1938-39
# 6	2.00	0.96	4	28	42	20	8	fall 1938
Average	2.37	1.06	14	33	35	12	6
Source of Data:
"Are Grades and Grading Systems Comparable?"
College and University Journal, January 1943.
The names of the colleges were not revealed in the article.