# What’s the average grade in Art History classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.67** out of 4.0

Average grade in Art History classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 26th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [ARH 339M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/339m), 3.34

**Easiest:** [ARH 346K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/346k), 3.94

[All ARH classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh)

## Art History classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [ARH 339M American Art, 1958-1985 108 grades**3.34**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/339m)
2. [ARH 327U Love, Beauty, and Protection 121 grades**3.52**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/327u)
3. [ARH 303 Survey of Renaissance through Modern Art 1,137 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/303)
4. [ARH 331P Art and the City in Renaissance Italy 106 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/331p)
5. [ARH 302 Survey of Ancient through Medieval Art 1,192 grades**3.71**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/302)
6. [ARH 301 Introduction to the Visual Arts 2,405 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/301)
7. [ARH 347L Mesoamerican Art and Culture 113 grades**3.74**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/347l)
8. [ARH 374 Special Topics in the History of Art 156 grades**3.80**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/374)
9. [ARH 345L Diaspora Visions 113 grades**3.89**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/345l)
10. [ARH 346K Introduction to African Art 148 grades**3.94**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/arh/346k)

**By year 2025–26: 3.69Art History classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.63 | 2,394 |
| 2024–25 | 3.69 | 2,346 |
| 2025–26 | 3.69 | 2,240 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Art History classes average 3.51 on 36,547 grades.

**Compare departments 26th-highest of 83**

Art History has the 26th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Undergraduate Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/undergraduate-studies)**3.70**
2. [Radio-Television-Film](https://utaustin.guide/majors/radio-television-film)**3.68**
3. **Art History3.67**
4. [Health and Society](https://utaustin.guide/majors/health-and-society)**3.65**
5. [Journalism](https://utaustin.guide/majors/journalism)**3.64**

[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 ARH 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/art-history · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin