# What’s the average grade in History classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.62** out of 4.0

Average grade in History classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 34th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [HIS 329P](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/329p), 3.12

**Easiest:** [HIS 314K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/314k), 3.82

[All HIS classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his)

## History classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [HIS 329P History of the Atomic Bomb 311 grades**3.12**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/329p)
2. [HIS 320E Texas before 1900 111 grades**3.24**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/320e)
3. [HIS 320T Topics in Texas History 317 grades**3.24**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/320t)
4. [HIS 307Q Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies 103 grades**3.31**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/307q)
5. [HIS 350R Topics in Undergraduate Seminar in United States History 132 grades**3.37**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/350r)
6. [HIS 306N Topics in History 194 grades**3.38**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/306n)
7. [HIS 333M United States Foreign Relations, 1914 to the Present 140 grades**3.40**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/333m)
8. [HIS 301J Globalization: A Modern History 443 grades**3.43**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/301j)
9. [HIS 315G Introduction to American Studies 1,199 grades**3.46**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/315g)
10. [HIS 320F Texas, 1900 to the Present 173 grades**3.51**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/320f)
11. [HIS 311K Introduction to Traditional Africa 101 grades**3.51**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/311k)
12. [HIS 346K Colonial Latin America 185 grades**3.54**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/346k)
13. [HIS 306K Introduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations 116 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/306k)
14. [HIS 353 The French Revolution and Napoleon 133 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/353)
15. [HIS 368S The Age of the Samurai 104 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/368s)
16. [HIS 356K Main Currents of American Culture since 1865 136 grades**3.57**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/356k)
17. [HIS 310 Introduction to Modern Africa 109 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/310)
18. [HIS 346L Modern Latin America 112 grades**3.58**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/346l)
19. [HIS 378W Capstone in History 370 grades**3.59**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/378w)
20. [HIS 350L Topics in Undergraduate Seminar in History 365 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/350l)
21. [HIS 320W Thinking Like a Historian 428 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/320w)
22. [HIS 355N Main Currents of American Culture to 1865 202 grades**3.63**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/355n)
23. [HIS 315K The United States, 1492-1865 9,908 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/315k)
24. [HIS 315L The United States since 1865 6,598 grades**3.65**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/315l)
25. [HIS 356S American Presidency: 1789 to the Present 247 grades**3.66**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/356s)
26. [HIS 365G Topics in United States History 611 grades**3.68**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/365g)
27. [HIS 317L Topics in United States History 4,884 grades**3.71**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/317l)
28. [HIS 366N Topics in History 285 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/366n)
29. [HIS 302C Introduction to China 169 grades**3.74**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/302c)
30. [HIS 314K History of Mexican Americans in the United States 1,322 grades**3.82**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/his/314k)

**By year 2025–26: 3.64History classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.58 | 11,338 |
| 2024–25 | 3.64 | 10,241 |
| 2025–26 | 3.64 | 11,018 |

Across every term since summer 2011, History classes average 3.38 on 147,585 grades.

**Compare departments 34th-highest of 83**

History has the 34th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Rhetoric and Writing](https://utaustin.guide/majors/rhetoric-and-writing)**3.63**
2. [Statistics and Data Sciences](https://utaustin.guide/majors/statistics-and-data-sciences)**3.62**
3. **History3.62**
4. [Arts and Entertainment Technologies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/arts-and-entertainment-technologies)**3.62**
5. [Biomedical Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/biomedical-engineering)**3.62**

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