Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CH E 180A

Spring 2010 – Spring 2026 (17 terms) · 1,736 students · Source:

The curve

Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.

51.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

A rate by term

Share of students who got an A in each term the course ran.

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther

TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

Spring 202642

31.0%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026

Spring 202582

51.2%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025

Spring 202498

49.0%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024

Spring 202378

66.7%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023

Spring 202290

55.6%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022

Fall 2021138

60.9%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021

Winter 202194

42.6%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021

Spring 201950

48.0%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019

Spring 2018140

42.9%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018

Spring 201786

67.4%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017

Spring 2016100

48.0%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016

Spring 2015112

58.9%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015

Spring 2014174

56.9%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014

Spring 201386

55.8%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013

Spring 2012195

43.6%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012

Spring 2011102

58.8%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011

Spring 201069

14.5%

—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther

Terms taught

CHRISTOPHER P85

63.5%

—

HELGESON M E339

56.9%

—

CHMELKA B F43

55.8%

—

O'MALLEY M A152

53.3%

—

GORDON M J354

51.7%

—

MEFFORD J T90

50.0%

—

SQUIRES T M116

50.0%

—

ISRAELACHVILI184

47.3%

—

CHADA J P274

46.4%

—

MITRAGOTRI S73

42.5%

—

ZASADZINSKI J26

15.4%

—

11 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.