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What’s the average grade in Geological Sciences classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Geological Sciences classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. GEO 303C Introduction to the Solar System173 grades2.93
  2. GEO 401 Physical Geology904 grades3.09
  3. GEO 405 Life through Time210 grades3.13
  4. GEO 416S Earth and Planetary Processes Through Time309 grades3.14
  5. GEO 347D Global Warming217 grades3.15
  6. GEO 420K Introduction to Field and Stratigraphic Methods161 grades3.20
  7. GEO 303 Introduction to Geology1,723 grades3.25
  8. GEO 416W Climate, Water, and the Environment360 grades3.42
  9. GEO 316P Sedimentary Rocks316 grades3.49
  10. GEO 302E Earth, Wind, and Fire201 grades3.49
  11. GEO 416E Solid Earth Processes323 grades3.51
  12. GEO 302J Crisis of Our Planet284 grades3.60
  13. GEO 371T Topics in Geological Sciences: Undergraduate Seminar368 grades3.63
  14. GEO 660A Field Geology124 grades3.66
  15. GEO 302N Geology of National Parks759 grades3.67
  16. GEO 352P Python for Geoscience Research100 grades3.68
  17. GEO 302G Earth Science and Sustainability138 grades3.71
  18. GEO 303E Earth in 21003,060 grades3.75
  19. GEO 135J Jackson Scholars Seminar130 grades3.91
By year2025–26: 3.53
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.423,681
2024–253.533,580
2025–263.534,086

Across every term since summer 2011, Geological Sciences classes average 3.20 on 42,083 grades.

Compare departments31st-lowest of 83

Geological Sciences has the 31st-lowest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Decision Science3.50
  2. Human Dimensions of Organizations3.50
  3. Geological Sciences3.49
  4. Computational Engineering3.49
  5. Philosophy3.48

Every department

SourcesUT grade reports

We averaged every A to F grade UT reported in GEO 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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