# What’s the average grade in Philosophy classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.48** out of 4.0

Average grade in Philosophy classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Below UT’s 3.52 average, and the 29th-lowest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [PHL 321K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/321k), 3.04

**Easiest:** [PHL 610QA](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/610qa), 3.80

[All PHL classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl)

## Philosophy classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [PHL 321K Theory of Knowledge 102 grades**3.04**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/321k)
2. [PHL 310 Knowledge and Reality 112 grades**3.10**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/310)
3. [PHL 323K Metaphysics 115 grades**3.12**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/323k)
4. [PHL 301K Ancient Philosophy 110 grades**3.14**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/301k)
5. [PHL 313 Introductory Symbolic Logic 393 grades**3.14**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/313)
6. [PHL 303M Mind and Body 327 grades**3.29**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/303m)
7. [PHL 301L Early Modern Philosophy 139 grades**3.35**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/301l)
8. [PHL 347 Philosophy of Law 594 grades**3.35**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/347)
9. [PHL 313Q Logic and Scientific Reasoning 148 grades**3.39**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/313q)
10. [PHL 329K History of Ancient Philosophy 136 grades**3.40**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/329k)
11. [PHL 365 Topics in Selected Problems in Philosophy 121 grades**3.41**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/365)
12. [PHL 301 Introduction to Philosophy 669 grades**3.42**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/301)
13. [PHL 315F Philosophy and Film 202 grades**3.44**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/315f)
14. [PHL 325M Medicine, Ethics, and Society 108 grades**3.46**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/325m)
15. [PHL 304T Introduction to Technology Ethics 108 grades**3.48**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/304t)
16. [PHL 325E Biomedical Ethics 165 grades**3.52**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/325e)
17. [PHL 318K Introduction to Political Philosophy 260 grades**3.54**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/318k)
18. [PHL 317K Introduction to the Philosophy of the Arts 785 grades**3.54**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/317k)
19. [PHL 318 Introduction to Ethics 257 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/318)
20. [PHL 325K Ethical Theories 140 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/325k)
21. [PHL 342R Philosophy of Race and Gender 143 grades**3.61**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/342r)
22. [PHL 304 Contemporary Moral Problems 952 grades**3.61**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/304)
23. [PHL 366K Existentialism 146 grades**3.62**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/366k)
24. [PHL 323M Philosophy of Mind 153 grades**3.64**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/323m)
25. [PHL 329L Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant 127 grades**3.71**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/329l)
26. [PHL 325J Health and Justice 123 grades**3.75**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/325j)
27. [PHL 610QB Probs of Knowledge & Valuation 247 grades**3.79**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/610qb)
28. [PHL 610QA Probs of Knowledge & Valuation 403 grades**3.80**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/phl/610qa)

**By year 2025–26: 3.52Philosophy classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.44 | 3,126 |
| 2024–25 | 3.49 | 2,724 |
| 2025–26 | 3.52 | 2,746 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Philosophy classes average 3.37 on 49,581 grades.

**Compare departments 29th-lowest of 83**

Philosophy has the 29th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Geological Sciences](https://utaustin.guide/majors/geological-sciences)**3.49**
2. [Computational Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/computational-engineering)**3.49**
3. **Philosophy3.48**
4. [Government](https://utaustin.guide/majors/government)**3.48**
5. [African and African Diaspora Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/african-and-african-diaspora-studies)**3.48**

[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 PHL 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/philosophy · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin