# What’s the average grade in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.44** out of 4.0

Average grade in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Below UT’s 3.52 average, and the 21st-lowest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [PGE 358](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/358), 3.00

**Easiest:** [PGE 365](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/365), 3.84

[All PGE classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge)

## Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [PGE 358 Principles of Formation Evaluation 260 grades**3.00**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/358)
2. [PGE 323L Reservoir Engineering II: Secondary and Tertiary Recovery 250 grades**3.06**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/323l)
3. [PGE 326 Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior 328 grades**3.18**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/326)
4. [PGE 322K Transport Phenomena in Geosystems 256 grades**3.23**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/322k)
5. [PGE 334 Reservoir Geomechanics 179 grades**3.32**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/334)
6. [PGE 311 Numerical Methods and Programming 319 grades**3.33**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/311)
7. [PGE 430 Drilling and Well Completions 230 grades**3.36**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/430)
8. [PGE 362 Production Technology and Design 232 grades**3.40**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/362)
9. [PGE 338 Geostatistics and Data Analysis 254 grades**3.50**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/338)
10. [PGE 323K Reservoir Engineering I: Primary Recovery 259 grades**3.63**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/323k)
11. [PGE 427 Properties of Petroleum Fluids 286 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/427)
12. [PGE 379 Topics in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 535 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/379)
13. [PGE 333T Engineering Communication 245 grades**3.73**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/333t)
14. [PGE 424 Petrophysics 135 grades**3.83**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/424)
15. [PGE 365 Resource Economics and Valuation 227 grades**3.84**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/pge/365)

**By year 2025–26: 3.45Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.45 | 1,061 |
| 2024–25 | 3.42 | 1,370 |
| 2025–26 | 3.45 | 1,632 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering classes average 3.31 on 25,477 grades.

**Compare departments 21st-lowest of 83**

Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering has the 21st-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Anthropology](https://utaustin.guide/majors/anthropology)**3.45**
2. [Molecular Biosciences](https://utaustin.guide/majors/molecular-biosciences)**3.45**
3. **Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering3.44**
4. [Marketing](https://utaustin.guide/majors/marketing)**3.43**
5. [French](https://utaustin.guide/majors/french)**3.43**

[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 PGE 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)

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By [Sulayman Bowles](https://sulayman-bowles.dev/about) · Checked Nov 9, 2026

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Source: https://utaustin.guide/majors/petroleum-and-geosystems-engineering · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin