# What’s the average grade in Music classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.70** out of 4.0

Average grade in Music classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 23rd-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [MUS 612A](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/612a), 3.11

**Easiest:** [MUS 302L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/302l), 3.90

[All MUS classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus)

## Music classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [MUS 612A Structure of Tonal Music 269 grades**3.11**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/612a)
2. [MUS 612B Structure of Tonal Music 247 grades**3.15**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/612b)
3. [MUS 411A Ear Training and Sight-singing 251 grades**3.19**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/411a)
4. [MUS 411B Ear Training and Sight-singing 225 grades**3.22**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/411b)
5. [MUS 213N History of Music II 140 grades**3.24**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/213n)
6. [MUS 213M History of Music I 140 grades**3.43**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/213m)
7. [MUS 201M Beginning Music Performance: Class Piano 219 grades**3.47**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/201m)
8. [MUS 605A Musicianship 198 grades**3.49**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/605a)
9. [MUS 605B Musicianship 180 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/605b)
10. [MUS 312C Music and Culture 349 grades**3.56**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/312c)
11. [MUS 303M Introduction to Music in World Cultures 352 grades**3.59**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/303m)
12. [MUS 176M The Healthy Musician 167 grades**3.62**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/176m)
13. [MUS 230L History of Music III 179 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/230l)
14. [MUS 303E Fundamentals of Music: Piano 208 grades**3.70**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/303e)
15. [MUS 303C Fundamentals of Music: Classroom Instruments 140 grades**3.78**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/303c)
16. [MUS 306M Elements of Music 339 grades**3.79**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/306m)
17. [MUS 307 Topics in Popular Music 5,411 grades**3.86**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/307)
18. [MUS 302L An Introduction to Western Music 1,257 grades**3.90**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mus/302l)

**By year 2025–26: 3.71Music classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.64 | 3,521 |
| 2024–25 | 3.74 | 3,988 |
| 2025–26 | 3.71 | 4,650 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Music classes average 3.61 on 54,995 grades.

**Compare departments 23rd-highest of 83**

Music has the 23rd-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Social Work](https://utaustin.guide/majors/social-work)**3.71**
2. [Advertising](https://utaustin.guide/majors/advertising)**3.71**
3. **Music3.70**
4. [Undergraduate Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/undergraduate-studies)**3.70**
5. [Radio-Television-Film](https://utaustin.guide/majors/radio-television-film)**3.68**

[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 MUS 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/music · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin