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What’s the average grade in English classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

English classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. E 316L British Literature4,596 grades3.40
  2. E 323D Topics in Diverse Perspectives108 grades3.48
  3. E 316M American Literature6,659 grades3.53
  4. E 314V Topics in Introduction to Literature and Culture284 grades3.54
  5. E 310S The Films of Alfred Hitchcock672 grades3.56
  6. E 314L Topics in Introduction to Literary Studies723 grades3.58
  7. E 316N World Literature3,430 grades3.60
  8. E 314J Topics in Literature Across the Curriculum563 grades3.60
  9. E 349S Topics on Major Authors597 grades3.67
  10. E 321 Shakespeare345 grades3.68
  11. E 348P Plath and Sexton116 grades3.71
  12. E 350V Topics in Language and Literature: 1940-Present152 grades3.72
  13. E 350R Topics in Language and Literature: 1830 to 1940127 grades3.75
  14. E 328 The British Novel in the Nineteenth Century107 grades3.77
  15. E 303C Plan II World Literature Part I222 grades3.82
  16. E 303D Plan II World Literature Part II208 grades3.87
By year2025–26: 3.53
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.557,589
2024–253.567,605
2025–263.536,724

Across every term since summer 2011, English classes average 3.37 on 117,794 grades.

Compare departments39th-lowest of 83

English has the 39th-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Management Information Systems3.55
  2. Architectural Engineering3.55
  3. English3.55
  4. Astronomy3.54
  5. American Studies3.53

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 E 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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