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What’s the average grade in Rhetoric and Writing classes?

UT Austin, fall 2023 to summer 2026

Rhetoric and Writing classes by average grade

UT average, 3.52Bars start at 2.0

  1. RHE 328 Topics in Professional and Technical Writing for Liberal Arts Majors261 grades3.31
  2. RHE 306 Rhetoric and Writing3,743 grades3.54
  3. RHE 330E Topics in Rhetorical Theory and Analysis379 grades3.70
  4. RHE 330D Topics in History of Rhetoric312 grades3.73
  5. RHE 309J Topics in Writing1,685 grades3.74
  6. RHE 321 Principles of Rhetoric271 grades3.79
  7. RHE 330C Advanced Topics in Digital Rhetoric313 grades3.79
  8. RHE 309S Critical Reading and Persuasive Writing142 grades3.80
By year2025–26: 3.61
School yearAverage gradeGrades
2023–243.582,713
2024–253.692,381
2025–263.612,235

Across every term since summer 2011, Rhetoric and Writing classes average 3.49 on 40,535 grades.

Compare departments32nd-highest of 83

Rhetoric and Writing has the 32nd-highest average grade of 83 departments. Here are the ones around it, highest first:

  1. Human Development and Family Sciences3.64
  2. Asian Studies3.63
  3. Rhetoric and Writing3.63
  4. Statistics and Data Sciences3.62
  5. History3.62

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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 RHE 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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