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What’s the average grade in Communication Studies classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Communication Studies classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. CMS 355S Communicating with Animals124 grades3.19
  2. CMS 358C Identity In Relationships140 grades3.22
  3. CMS 347S Communicating with Stuff166 grades3.26
  4. CMS 372T Time Matters208 grades3.32
  5. CMS 345P Communication and Public Opinion104 grades3.34
  6. CMS 315M Interpersonal Communication Theory1,065 grades3.41
  7. CMS 340K Communication and Social Change142 grades3.45
  8. CMS 337 Building Sales Relationships451 grades3.45
  9. CMS 342K Political Communication237 grades3.46
  10. CMS 306M Professional Communication Skills2,265 grades3.48
  11. CMS 313M Organizational Communication668 grades3.49
  12. CMS 346 Using Communication Technology at Work126 grades3.50
  13. CMS 334K Nonverbal Communication257 grades3.51
  14. CMS 366S Science Fiction and Communication114 grades3.51
  15. CMS 354 Conflict Resolution482 grades3.53
  16. CMS 367I Topics in Interpersonal Communication171 grades3.54
  17. CMS 314L Language, Communication, and Culture700 grades3.58
  18. CMS 348K Visual Media and Interaction124 grades3.58
  19. CMS 364K Gender and Communication202 grades3.60
  20. CMS 344K Lying and Deception1,054 grades3.61
  21. CMS 316L Interviewing Principles and Practices284 grades3.61
  22. CMS 322E Communication Ethics127 grades3.63
  23. CMS 342C Communication and Civic Participation237 grades3.63
  24. CMS 355K Intercultural Communication217 grades3.64
  25. CMS 358 Communication and Personal Relationships195 grades3.65
  26. CMS 362E Environmental Communication179 grades3.65
  27. CMS 332K Theories of Persuasion1,364 grades3.67
  28. CMS 317C Speech in American Culture260 grades3.67
  29. CMS 363C Communication and Sports232 grades3.67
  30. CMS 367S Topics in Strategic and Risk Communication264 grades3.68
  31. CMS 367P Topics in Political Communication255 grades3.70
  32. CMS 360P Expertise and Public Culture141 grades3.71
  33. CMS 367 Topics in Communication Studies148 grades3.74
  34. CMS 341 Digital Communications1,161 grades3.78
  35. CMS 332D Digital Ethics124 grades3.78
  36. CMS 338 Leadership Stories158 grades3.80
  37. CMS 330 Interpersonal Health Communication158 grades3.81
  38. CMS 310K Team-Based Communication289 grades3.85
  39. CMS 353S Social Media and Organizations168 grades3.85
  40. CMS 339K Working Virtually257 grades3.85
By year2025–26: 3.64
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.515,708
2024–253.595,514
2025–263.645,374

Across every term since summer 2011, Communication Studies classes average 3.36 on 79,676 grades.

Compare departments41st-highest of 83

Communication Studies has the 41st-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Architecture3.61
  2. Mexican American Studies3.59
  3. Communication Studies3.58
  4. Sociology3.56
  5. Management Information Systems3.55

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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 CMS 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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