# What’s the average grade in Psychology classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.62** out of 4.0

Average grade in Psychology classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 38th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [PSY 353K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/353k), 2.67

**Easiest:** [PSY 364](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/364), 3.98

[All PSY classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy)

## Psychology classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [PSY 353K Psychopharmacology 259 grades**2.67**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/353k)
2. [PSY 305 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology 375 grades**3.24**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/305)
3. [PSY 319K Social Psychology 514 grades**3.38**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/319k)
4. [PSY 301 Introduction to Psychology 7,148 grades**3.38**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/301)
5. [PSY 337P Language Processing 136 grades**3.39**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/337p)
6. [PSY 332U Diversity in Cognitive Aging 258 grades**3.44**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/332u)
7. [PSY 317L Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 2,744 grades**3.45**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/317l)
8. [PSY 355 Cognition 185 grades**3.47**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/355)
9. [PSY 120R R Programming for Behavioral Sciences 107 grades**3.47**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/120r)
10. [PSY 308 Biopsychology 448 grades**3.50**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/308)
11. [PSY 365L Advanced Social Psychology 100 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/365l)
12. [PSY 306 Introduction to Human Sexuality 2,362 grades**3.53**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/306)
13. [PSY 355Q Cognitive Science of Religion 109 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/355q)
14. [PSY 355M The Cognitive Psychology of Music 129 grades**3.62**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/355m)
15. [PSY 345 Individual Differences 175 grades**3.65**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/345)
16. [PSY 365E Emotion 193 grades**3.67**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/365e)
17. [PSY 365D Behavioral Science, Equity, and Inclusion 676 grades**3.69**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/365d)
18. [PSY 333D Introduction to Developmental Psychology 1,625 grades**3.69**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/333d)
19. [PSY 339 Behavior Problems of Children 1,593 grades**3.70**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/339)
20. [PSY 420M Psychological Methods and Statistics 2,088 grades**3.72**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/420m)
21. [PSY 332 Behavioral Neuroscience 314 grades**3.77**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/332)
22. [PSY 341K Selected Topics in Psychology 545 grades**3.77**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/341k)
23. [PSY 334E Evolutionary Psychology 125 grades**3.78**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/334e)
24. [PSY 364C Childhood Trauma and Adversity 211 grades**3.78**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/364c)
25. [PSY 352P Psychopathology 2,487 grades**3.79**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/352p)
26. [PSY 364P Positive Psychology and the Good Life 812 grades**3.80**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/364p)
27. [PSY 333F Fantasy and Reality 101 grades**3.80**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/333f)
28. [PSY 364T Multicultural Psychotherapy 1,179 grades**3.89**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/364t)
29. [PSY 371 Learning and Memory 134 grades**3.90**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/371)
30. [PSY 309 Personality 2,011 grades**3.97**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/309)
31. [PSY 364 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 2,142 grades**3.98**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/psy/364)

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

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.50 | 10,983 |
| 2024–25 | 3.64 | 10,440 |
| 2025–26 | 3.71 | 11,338 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Psychology classes average 3.33 on 132,219 grades.

**Compare departments 38th-highest of 83**

Psychology has the 38th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Biomedical Engineering](https://utaustin.guide/majors/biomedical-engineering)**3.62**
2. [Health Education](https://utaustin.guide/majors/health-education)**3.62**
3. **Psychology3.62**
4. [Architecture](https://utaustin.guide/majors/architecture)**3.61**
5. [Mexican American Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/mexican-american-studies)**3.59**

[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 PSY 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/psychology · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin