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What’s the average grade in Biology classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Biology classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. BIO 326M Intro Medical Microbio/immunol119 grades2.62
  2. BIO 365S Human Systems Physiology1,218 grades2.97
  3. BIO 320 Cell Biology-wb624 grades3.10
  4. BIO 344 Molecular Biology-wb431 grades3.13
  5. BIO 325 Genetics6,726 grades3.20
  6. BIO 311C Introductory Biology I7,435 grades3.26
  7. BIO 359K Principles of Animal Behavior429 grades3.28
  8. BIO 370 Evolution-esp870 grades3.29
  9. BIO 311D Introductory Biology II6,668 grades3.37
  10. BIO 373 Ecology299 grades3.45
  11. BIO 326R General Microbiology-wb1,156 grades3.54
  12. BIO 446L Human Microscopic & Gross Anat858 grades3.55
  13. BIO 346 Human Biology275 grades3.56
  14. BIO 302D Science Literacy and Numeracy: Ecology and Evolution273 grades3.59
  15. BIO 360K Immunology132 grades3.61
  16. BIO 327G Genomics105 grades3.63
  17. BIO 325L Laboratory Experience in Genetics880 grades3.69
  18. BIO 321G Intro to Computational Bio-fri353 grades3.70
  19. BIO 315H Advanced Introduction to Genetics: Honors730 grades3.76
  20. BIO 165U Human Systems Physio Lab531 grades3.77
  21. BIO 206L Introductory Laboratory Experiments in Biology5,072 grades3.78
  22. BIO 325H Genetics: Honors629 grades3.80
  23. BIO 301E Problems in Modern Biology208 grades3.81
  24. BIO 226L General Microbiology Lab454 grades3.86
By year2025–26: 3.38
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.4118,825
2024–253.448,973
2025–263.3810,041

Across every term since summer 2011, Biology classes average 3.20 on 262,082 grades.

Compare departments17th-lowest of 83

Biology has the 17th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. French3.43
  2. Computer Science3.41
  3. Biology3.41
  4. Integrative Biology3.40
  5. Chemistry3.40

Every department

Professor evaluationsUT’s public results

UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Look up a class or professor for its syllabi and UT’s results.

SourcesUT grade reports

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in BIO 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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