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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

ECON 140A

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (58 terms) · 10,753 students · Source:

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%A42.7%B23.5%C2.5%D1.8%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%Fa201062.5%2011Fa2012Fa2013SuSp2014Sp2015Wi2016Fa2017SuSp2018Wi2019FaFa2021Su2022Su2023SuSp2024Wi2025Fa2026Su24.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ERB C J16
62.5%
—
VAZQUEZ-BARE1,897
35.8%
—
STEIGERWALD D3,162
33.5%
—
SILVER D387
31.0%
—
O M45
28.9%
—
BANA S H152
27.0%
—
LANG B J232
26.7%
—
STARTZ R2,019
26.6%
—
DE CHAISEMART872
26.3%
—
WHITE C D323
26.0%
—
JONES A T231
24.2%
—
FISCHER S J132
23.5%
—
WRIGHT A C228
21.9%
—
ARGYLE D W64
20.3%
—
ROYER H N120
20.0%
—
STEARNS J E143
19.6%
—
BORGO S M528
19.5%
—
GOODWIN C C202
15.3%
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18 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.