# What’s the average grade in English classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.55** out of 4.0

Average grade in English classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

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

**Hardest:** [E 316L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/316l), 3.40

**Easiest:** [E 303D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/303d), 3.87

[All E classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e)

## English classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [E 316L British Literature 4,596 grades**3.40**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/316l)
2. [E 323D Topics in Diverse Perspectives 108 grades**3.48**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/323d)
3. [E 316M American Literature 6,659 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/316m)
4. [E 314V Topics in Introduction to Literature and Culture 284 grades**3.54**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/314v)
5. [E 310S The Films of Alfred Hitchcock 672 grades**3.56**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/310s)
6. [E 314L Topics in Introduction to Literary Studies 723 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/314l)
7. [E 316N World Literature 3,430 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/316n)
8. [E 314J Topics in Literature Across the Curriculum 563 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/314j)
9. [E 349S Topics on Major Authors 597 grades**3.67**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/349s)
10. [E 321 Shakespeare 345 grades**3.68**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/321)
11. [E 348P Plath and Sexton 116 grades**3.71**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/348p)
12. [E 350V Topics in Language and Literature: 1940-Present 152 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/350v)
13. [E 350R Topics in Language and Literature: 1830 to 1940 127 grades**3.75**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/350r)
14. [E 328 The British Novel in the Nineteenth Century 107 grades**3.77**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/328)
15. [E 303C Plan II World Literature Part I 222 grades**3.82**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/303c)
16. [E 303D Plan II World Literature Part II 208 grades**3.87**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/e/303d)

**By year 2025–26: 3.53English classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.55 | 7,589 |
| 2024–25 | 3.56 | 7,605 |
| 2025–26 | 3.53 | 6,724 |

Across every term since summer 2011, English classes average 3.37 on 117,794 grades.

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

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

1. [Management Information Systems](https://utaustin.guide/majors/management-information-systems)**3.55**
2. [Architectural Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/architectural-engineering)**3.55**
3. **English3.55**
4. [Astronomy](https://utaustin.guide/majors/astronomy)**3.54**
5. [American Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/american-studies)**3.53**

[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 E 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/english · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin