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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

ECON 171

Spring 2010 – Spring 2026 (47 terms) · 3,854 students · Source:

The curve

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

44.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%44.5%A34.0%B15.5%C3.0%D3.0%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%Sp20102011SuSp2012Wi2013Wi2014Wi2015Wi2016Wi2017Wi2018Wi2019Wi2020Wi202181.6%Wi2022Sp20232024Fa2025FaSp202635.2%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ESPONDA I1,518
65.5%
—
CHARNESS G B160
45.0%
—
GROSSMAN Z J306
35.0%
—
BOFFY-RAMIREZ49
34.7%
—
GARRATT R J412
34.5%
—
BERGSTROM T C964
28.9%
—
JIANG X127
26.0%
—
BORGO S M144
22.9%
—
QIN C Z174
21.3%
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9 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.