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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

ESS 132

Fall 2009 – Spring 2026 (27 terms) · 2,405 students · Source:

The curve

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

52.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%52.6%A33.0%B10.6%C1.9%D1.7%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%Fa2010FaSp2011Sp2019Sp202096.8%Wi2021FaSp2022Wi2023FaSp2024Wi2025FaSp202655.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
HATCHER K L1,223
62.1%
—
DALE J E1,112
43.3%
—
ORLANDO M D70
31.4%
—

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