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What’s the average grade in Journalism classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Journalism classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. J 350F Media Law636 grades3.07
  2. J 349N News Media and Politics101 grades3.51
  3. J 301F Fundamental Issues in Journalism863 grades3.51
  4. J 308N Computer Concepts and Internet Technologies115 grades3.52
  5. J 363W Reporting Capstone101 grades3.53
  6. J 359M Topics in Journalism and Media Studies108 grades3.54
  7. J 311F Reporting: Images485 grades3.56
  8. J 304F The Journalist Voice543 grades3.56
  9. J 327D Reporting With Data154 grades3.60
  10. J 310F Reporting: Words452 grades3.63
  11. J 317 Journalism Practices472 grades3.65
  12. J 302F Digital Storytelling Basics608 grades3.70
  13. J 308S Introduction to Media Studies1,193 grades3.72
  14. J 339T Topics in Specialized Journalistic Skills156 grades3.79
  15. J 349L News Literacy for a Digital Age125 grades3.81
  16. J 336F Social Media Journalism806 grades3.82
  17. J 330M True Crime Podcasts1,077 grades3.83
  18. J 313P Multimedia News Reporting204 grades3.83
By year2025–26: 3.69
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.623,366
2024–253.623,492
2025–263.693,635

Across every term since summer 2011, Journalism classes average 3.59 on 38,469 grades.

Compare departments28th-highest of 83

Journalism has the 28th-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Art History3.67
  2. Health and Society3.65
  3. Journalism3.64
  4. Classical Civilization3.64
  5. Human Development and Family Sciences3.64

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 J 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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