# What’s the average grade in Undergraduate Studies classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

**3.70** out of 4.0

Average grade in Undergraduate Studies classes, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Above UT’s 3.52 average, and the 24th-highest of 83 departments.

**Hardest:** [UGS 303](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ugs/303), 3.69

**Easiest:** [UGS 302](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ugs/302), 3.75

[All UGS classes](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ugs)

## Undergraduate Studies classes by average grade

**UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

1. [UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course 18,422 grades**3.69**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ugs/303)
2. [UGS 302 First-Year Signature Course 4,472 grades**3.75**](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ugs/302)

**By year 2025–26: 3.72Undergraduate Studies classes by average grade**

| School year | Average grade | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023–24 | 3.69 | 8,261 |
| 2024–25 | 3.68 | 7,672 |
| 2025–26 | 3.72 | 7,076 |

Across every term since summer 2011, Undergraduate Studies classes average 3.60 on 127,770 grades.

**Compare departments 24th-highest of 83**

Undergraduate Studies has the 24th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

1. [Advertising](https://utaustin.guide/majors/advertising)**3.71**
2. [Music](https://utaustin.guide/majors/music)**3.70**
3. **Undergraduate Studies3.70**
4. [Radio-Television-Film](https://utaustin.guide/majors/radio-television-film)**3.68**
5. [Art History](https://utaustin.guide/majors/art-history)**3.67**

[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 UGS 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/undergraduate-studies · Checked 2026-11-09 · Field Guide: UT Austin