# What’s the average grade in Statistics and Data Sciences classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.62** out of 4.0

Average grade in Statistics and Data Sciences classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 33rd-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [SDS 301](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/301), 3.18

**Easiest:** [SDS 326E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/326e), 4.00

[All SDS classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds)

## Statistics and Data Sciences classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [SDS 301 Elementary Statistical Methods 466 grades**3.18**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/301)
2. [SDS 431 Probability and Statistical Inference 296 grades**3.25**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/431)
3. [SDS 324E Elements of Regression Analysis 428 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/324e)
4. [SDS 320E Elements of Statistics 6,340 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/320e)
5. [SDS 321 Introduction to Probability and Statistics 1,835 grades**3.55**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/321)
6. [SDS 315 Statistical Thinking 420 grades**3.60**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/315)
7. [SDS 302F Foundations of Data Analysis 2,315 grades**3.65**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/302f)
8. [SDS 336 Practical Machine Learning 149 grades**3.77**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/336)
9. [SDS 322E Elements of Data Science 2,273 grades**3.81**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/322e)
10. [SDS 375 Special Topics in Scientific Computation 282 grades**3.86**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/375)
11. [SDS 334 Intermediate Statistical Methods 148 grades**3.87**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/334)
12. [SDS 313 Introduction to Data Science 427 grades**3.88**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/313)
13. [SDS 366 Data Visualization 195 grades**3.91**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/366)
14. [SDS 326E Elements of Statistical Machine Learning 271 grades**4.00**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sds/326e)

**By year 2025–26: 3.67Statistics and Data Sciences classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.58 | 4,942 |
| 2024–25 | 3.62 | 5,312 |
| 2025–26 | 3.67 | 5,839 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Statistics and Data Sciences classes average 3.46 on 57,795 grades.

**Compare departments 33rd-highest of 83**

Statistics and Data Sciences has the 33rd-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Asian Studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/asian-studies)**3.63**
2. [Rhetoric and Writing](https://utaustin.guide/majors/rhetoric-and-writing)**3.63**
3. **Statistics and Data Sciences3.62**
4. [History](https://utaustin.guide/majors/history)**3.62**
5. [Arts and Entertainment Technologies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/arts-and-entertainment-technologies)**3.62**

[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 SDS 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/statistics-and-data-sciences · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin