# What’s the average grade in Astronomy classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.54** out of 4.0

Average grade in Astronomy classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 38th-lowest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [AST 307](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/307), 3.34

**Easiest:** [AST 353](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/353), 3.67

[All AST classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast)

## Astronomy classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [AST 307 Introductory Astronomy 355 grades**3.34**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/307)
2. [AST 309L Search for Extraterrestrial Life 1,660 grades**3.46**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/309l)
3. [AST 376C Cosmology 137 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/376c)
4. [AST 309G Popular Astronomy for Nonscience Students 975 grades**3.57**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/309g)
5. [AST 301 Introduction to Astronomy 5,454 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/301)
6. [AST 309R Galaxies, Quasars, and the Universe 346 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/309r)
7. [AST 358 Galaxies and the Universe 115 grades**3.62**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/358)
8. [AST 353 Astrophysics 232 grades**3.67**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ast/353)

**By year 2025–26: 3.63Astronomy classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.43 | 3,307 |
| 2024–25 | 3.57 | 3,150 |
| 2025–26 | 3.63 | 3,396 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Astronomy classes average 3.27 on 43,450 grades.

**Compare departments 38th-lowest of 83**

Astronomy has the 38th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Architectural Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/architectural-engineering)**3.55**
2. [English](https://utaustin.guide/majors/english)**3.55**
3. **Astronomy3.54**
4. [American Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/american-studies)**3.53**
5. [Spanish](https://utaustin.guide/majors/spanish)**3.52**

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

**Sources UT grade reports**

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in AST 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/astronomy · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin