# What’s the average grade in Chemical Engineering classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.26** out of 4.0

Average grade in Chemical Engineering classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Below UT’s 3.52 average, and the fourth-lowest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [CHE 319](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/319), 2.85

**Easiest:** [CHE 359](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/359), 3.80

[All CHE classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che)

## Chemical Engineering classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [CHE 319 Transport Phenomena 492 grades**2.85**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/319)
2. [CHE 317 Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis 545 grades**2.85**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/317)
3. [CHE 372 Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design 464 grades**2.95**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/372)
4. [CHE 322 Thermodynamics 519 grades**2.98**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/322)
5. [CHE 253K Applied Statistics 529 grades**3.05**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253k)
6. [CHE 363 Separation Processes and Mass Transfer 513 grades**3.06**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/363)
7. [CHE 350 Chemical Engineering Materials 496 grades**3.20**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/350)
8. [CHE 253M Measurement, Control, and Data Analysis Laboratory 443 grades**3.28**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/253m)
9. [CHE 354 Transport Processes 507 grades**3.29**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/354)
10. [CHE 210 Introduction to Computing 535 grades**3.32**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/210)
11. [CHE 338 Biochemical Engineering 455 grades**3.34**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/338)
12. [CHE 264 Chemical Engineering Process and Projects Laboratory 413 grades**3.37**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/264)
13. [CHE 473K Process Design and Operations 434 grades**3.43**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/473k)
14. [CHE 360 Process Control 464 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/360)
15. [CHE 348 Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering and Problem Solving 508 grades**3.56**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/348)
16. [CHE 355 Introduction to Polymers 116 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/355)
17. [CHE 379 Topics in Chemical Engineering 344 grades**3.68**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/379)
18. [CHE 364S Chemical Process Safety 219 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/364s)
19. [CHE 359 Energy Technology and Policy 180 grades**3.80**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/che/359)

**By year 2025–26: 3.23Chemical Engineering classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.25 | 2,633 |
| 2024–25 | 3.30 | 2,782 |
| 2025–26 | 3.23 | 2,935 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Chemical Engineering classes average 3.32 on 40,419 grades.

**Compare departments Fourth-lowest of 83**

Chemical Engineering has the fourth-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Statistics](https://utaustin.guide/majors/statistics)**3.30**
2. [Civil Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/civil-engineering)**3.28**
3. **Chemical Engineering3.26**
4. [Aerospace Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/aerospace-engineering)**3.26**
5. [Economics](https://utaustin.guide/majors/economics)**3.20**

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

**Sources UT grade reports**

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