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What’s the average grade in Astronomy classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Astronomy classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. AST 307 Introductory Astronomy355 grades3.34
  2. AST 309L Search for Extraterrestrial Life1,660 grades3.46
  3. AST 376C Cosmology137 grades3.55
  4. AST 309G Popular Astronomy for Nonscience Students975 grades3.57
  5. AST 301 Introduction to Astronomy5,454 grades3.58
  6. AST 309R Galaxies, Quasars, and the Universe346 grades3.60
  7. AST 358 Galaxies and the Universe115 grades3.62
  8. AST 353 Astrophysics232 grades3.67
By year2025–26: 3.63
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.433,307
2024–253.573,150
2025–263.633,396

Across every term since summer 2011, Astronomy classes average 3.27 on 43,450 grades.

Compare departments38th-lowest of 83

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

  1. Architectural Engineering3.55
  2. English3.55
  3. Astronomy3.54
  4. American Studies3.53
  5. Spanish3.52

Every department

SourcesUT grade reports

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in AST 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.

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