# What’s the average grade in Architecture classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.61** out of 4.0

Average grade in Architecture classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 39th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [ARC 310K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/310k), 3.22

**Easiest:** [ARC 333](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/333), 3.89

[All ARC classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc)

## Architecture classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [ARC 310K Design I 196 grades**3.22**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/310k)
2. [ARC 310L Design II 192 grades**3.26**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/310l)
3. [ARC 311K Visual Communication I 196 grades**3.26**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/311k)
4. [ARC 415K Construction I 189 grades**3.36**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/415k)
5. [ARC 311L Visual Communication II 193 grades**3.37**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/311l)
6. [ARC 523F Design V Intermediate Studio 187 grades**3.48**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/523f)
7. [ARC 323D Design III Intermediate Studio 190 grades**3.52**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/323d)
8. [ARC 318K World Architecture: Origins to 1750 226 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/318k)
9. [ARC 342R Topics in the History of Architecture 199 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/342r)
10. [ARC 334L Environmental Controls II 192 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/334l)
11. [ARC 415L Construction II 176 grades**3.61**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/415l)
12. [ARC 523E Design IV Intermediate Studio 175 grades**3.62**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/523e)
13. [ARC 561R Adv Design Studio 181 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/561r)
14. [ARC 308 Architecture and Society 2,176 grades**3.65**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/308)
15. [ARC 561C Comprehensive Studio 133 grades**3.66**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/561c)
16. [ARC 369J City Architecture 164 grades**3.67**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/369j)
17. [ARC 221K Visual Communication III 192 grades**3.68**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/221k)
18. [ARC 435R Structures I 176 grades**3.71**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/435r)
19. [ARC 435S Structures II 159 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/435s)
20. [ARC 318L World Architecture: The Industrial Revolution to the Present 316 grades**3.76**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/318l)
21. [ARC 335T Architectural Details and Materials 146 grades**3.78**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/335t)
22. [ARC 362 Professional Practice 162 grades**3.82**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/362)
23. [ARC 334K Environmental Controls I 176 grades**3.84**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/334k)
24. [ARC 333 Site Design 193 grades**3.89**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arc/333)

**By year 2025–26: 3.60Architecture classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.61 | 2,305 |
| 2024–25 | 3.63 | 2,268 |
| 2025–26 | 3.60 | 2,110 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Architecture classes average 3.49 on 31,675 grades.

**Compare departments 39th-highest of 83**

Architecture has the 39th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Health Education](https://utaustin.guide/majors/health-education)**3.62**
2. [Psychology](https://utaustin.guide/majors/psychology)**3.62**
3. **Architecture3.61**
4. [Mexican American Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/mexican-american-studies)**3.59**
5. [Communication Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/communication-studies)**3.58**

[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 ARC 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/architecture · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin