# What’s the average grade in Advertising classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.71** out of 4.0

Average grade in Advertising classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 22nd-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [ADV 315](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/315), 3.22

**Easiest:** [ADV 332D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/332d), 3.95

[All ADV classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv)

## Advertising classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [ADV 315 History and Development of Advertising 423 grades**3.22**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/315)
2. [ADV 305 Fundamentals of Advertising 306 grades**3.36**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/305)
3. [ADV 303 Advertising and Popular Culture 148 grades**3.43**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/303)
4. [ADV 348S The Business of Sports Media 227 grades**3.44**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/348s)
5. [ADV 318J Introduction to Integrated Brand Communication 1,669 grades**3.46**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/318j)
6. [ADV 336 Topics in Multicultural Issues in Advertising and Public Relations 108 grades**3.48**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/336)
7. [ADV 345J Advertising and Public Relations Media Planning 1,413 grades**3.49**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/345j)
8. [ADV 316 Creativity and American Culture 124 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/316)
9. [ADV 309R Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations Research 1,161 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/309r)
10. [ADV 319 Psychology of Advertising 3,008 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/319)
11. [ADV 344K Advertising and Public Relations Research 1,429 grades**3.68**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/344k)
12. [ADV 353 Advertising and Public Relations Law and Ethics 852 grades**3.70**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/353)
13. [ADV 378 Advanced Topics in Advertising 1,322 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/378)
14. [ADV 339L Brand Storytelling 966 grades**3.73**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/339l)
15. [ADV 370J Integrated Communications Management 807 grades**3.77**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/370j)
16. [ADV 378S Special Topics in Sports Media 1,733 grades**3.81**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/378s)
17. [ADV 324 Communicating Sustainability 153 grades**3.81**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/324)
18. [ADV 343K Portfolio I 110 grades**3.81**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/343k)
19. [ADV 323 Public Communication of Science and Technology 632 grades**3.83**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/323)
20. [ADV 325 Introduction to Advertising Creativity 795 grades**3.84**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/325)
21. [ADV 305S Introduction to Integrated Communication for Sports 1,023 grades**3.84**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/305s)
22. [ADV 334 International Advertising 271 grades**3.85**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/334)
23. [ADV 339K Digital Graphic Communication 938 grades**3.85**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/339k)
24. [ADV 377M Topics in Media Studies 445 grades**3.87**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/377m)
25. [ADV 332C New Media Entrepreneurialism 1,868 grades**3.87**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/332c)
26. [ADV 377 Advertising Media Topics 145 grades**3.89**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/377)
27. [ADV 332 Technology Marketing and Advertising 2,120 grades**3.92**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/332)
28. [ADV 332D Entrepreneurialism in Communication 426 grades**3.95**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/adv/332d)

**By year 2025–26: 3.75Advertising classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.64 | 8,002 |
| 2024–25 | 3.73 | 8,547 |
| 2025–26 | 3.75 | 8,974 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Advertising classes average 3.50 on 116,705 grades.

**Compare departments 22nd-highest of 83**

Advertising has the 22nd-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Textiles and Apparel](https://utaustin.guide/majors/textiles-and-apparel)**3.73**
2. [Social Work](https://utaustin.guide/majors/social-work)**3.71**
3. **Advertising3.71**
4. [Music](https://utaustin.guide/majors/music)**3.70**
5. [Undergraduate Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/undergraduate-studies)**3.70**

[Every department](https://utaustin.guide/research/ut-austin-average-gpa)

**Professor evaluations UT’s public results**

UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. [Look up a class or professor](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations) for its syllabi and UT’s results.

**Sources UT grade reports**

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in ADV classes from fall 2023 to summer 2026, using UT’s grade points (A is 4.0, A- is 3.67). This is a course-grade average. A class is listed once it gave 100 grades across at least two terms.

- [UT Austin course grade distributions (Summer 2011 to Summer 2026)](https://reports.utexas.edu/spotlight-data/ut-course-grade-distributions)
- [UT course catalog: subject names](https://catalog.utexas.edu/courses/)
- [UT’s public instructor evaluations by class and term](https://testingservices.utexas.edu/cis/viewing-results)

[Average grade in every department](https://utaustin.guide/research/ut-austin-average-gpa)[Hardest classes at UT](https://utaustin.guide/best/hardest-classes-at-ut-austin)[UT Austin, ranked](https://utaustin.guide/best)

By [Sulayman Bowles](https://sulayman-bowles.dev/about) · Checked Nov 9, 2026

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Source: https://utaustin.guide/majors/advertising · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin