# What’s the average grade in French classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.43** out of 4.0

Average grade in French classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Below UT’s 3.52 average, and the 19th-lowest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [FR 601C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/601c), 3.31

**Easiest:** [FR 322E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/322e), 3.73

[All FR classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr)

## French classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [FR 601C Beginning French 957 grades**3.31**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/601c)
2. [FR 611C Intermediate French 717 grades**3.31**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/611c)
3. [FR 406 Introductory French I 462 grades**3.33**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/406)
4. [FR 412K Intermediate French I 282 grades**3.39**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/412k)
5. [FR 407 Introductory French II 320 grades**3.40**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/407)
6. [FR 317C Enhancing French Skills 307 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/317c)
7. [FR 320E Advanced French I 316 grades**3.63**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/320e)
8. [FR 322E Advanced French II 142 grades**3.73**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/fr/322e)

**By year 2025–26: 3.47French classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.36 | 1,288 |
| 2024–25 | 3.45 | 1,232 |
| 2025–26 | 3.47 | 1,429 |

Across every term since summer 2011, French classes average 3.32 on 24,647 grades.

**Compare departments 19th-lowest of 83**

French has the 19th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/petroleum-and-geosystems-engineering)**3.44**
2. [Marketing](https://utaustin.guide/majors/marketing)**3.43**
3. **French3.43**
4. [Computer Science](https://utaustin.guide/majors/computer-science)**3.41**
5. [Biology](https://utaustin.guide/majors/biology)**3.41**

[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 FR 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/french · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin