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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

ECON 136A

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (64 terms) · 6,560 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Fall 2009

The curve

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

29.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%29.5%A43.8%B22.8%C1.8%D2.1%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%80%100%Fa2010Su2011SuSp2012Wi2013Fa2014SuSp2015Wi2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019SuSp202083.7%Wi2021Fa2022SuSp2023Sp2024Wi2025Fa2026Su23.5%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
GROVER S R993
47.7%
—
LOSTER D R163
33.1%
—
FULKERSON S D943
31.6%
—
RUSSELL N298
29.2%
—
HARMON C J1,537
25.8%
—
KULPER D E713
25.0%
—
ANDERSON R W864
24.9%
—
GRAY L A931
22.4%
—
HULME J L58
20.7%
—
KIM JAMES60
20.0%
—

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