# What’s the average grade in Human Development and Family Sciences classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.64** out of 4.0

Average grade in Human Development and Family Sciences classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 30th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [HDF 337](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/337), 3.17

**Easiest:** [HDF 335](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/335), 3.78

[All HDF classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf)

## Human Development and Family Sciences classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [HDF 337 Personal Relationships 106 grades**3.17**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/337)
2. [HDF 322 Personal and Family Finance 159 grades**3.33**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/322)
3. [HDF 315L Research Methods in Human Development and Family Sciences 290 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/315l)
4. [HDF 304 Family Relationships 1,033 grades**3.61**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/304)
5. [HDF 113L Child Development Laboratory 924 grades**3.63**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/113l)
6. [HDF 313 Child Development 1,144 grades**3.65**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/313)
7. [HDF 305 Health and Development Across the Lifespan 277 grades**3.66**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/305)
8. [HDF 306 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality 121 grades**3.70**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/306)
9. [HDF 342 Development of Psychopathology from Infancy through Adolescence 230 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/342)
10. [HDF 343 Human Development in Minority and Immigrant Families 134 grades**3.73**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/343)
11. [HDF 378K Topics in Advanced Child and Family Development 222 grades**3.73**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/378k)
12. [HDF 338 Developmentally Appropriate Practices with Young Children 126 grades**3.74**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/338)
13. [HDF 335 Adult Development 169 grades**3.78**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hdf/335)

**By year 2025–26: 3.68Human Development and Family Sciences classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.61 | 2,025 |
| 2024–25 | 3.63 | 1,756 |
| 2025–26 | 3.68 | 1,881 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Human Development and Family Sciences classes average 3.49 on 39,816 grades.

**Compare departments 30th-highest of 83**

Human Development and Family Sciences has the 30th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Journalism](https://utaustin.guide/majors/journalism)**3.64**
2. [Classical Civilization](https://utaustin.guide/majors/classical-civilization)**3.64**
3. **Human Development and Family Sciences3.64**
4. [Asian Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/asian-studies)**3.63**
5. [Rhetoric and Writing](https://utaustin.guide/majors/rhetoric-and-writing)**3.63**

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

**Sources UT grade reports**

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in HDF 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/human-development-and-family-sciences · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin