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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

MCDB 101B

Winter 2010 – Summer 2026 (50 terms) · 8,196 students · Source:

The curve

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

35.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%35.6%A33.5%B24.7%C3.4%D2.9%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%Wi2010Wi2011Wi2012Wi2013Wi2014Wi2015Wi2016Wi2017Wi2018Wi2019Wi2020Wi2021Wi2022Wi2023Sp2024Sp2025Sp202657.9%Su42.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
KRANZFELDER P582
55.0%
—
JOSHI P M799
41.9%
—
SIMPSON J H1,872
37.6%
—
CHRISTOFFERSE3,036
32.6%
—
YI T407
30.2%
—
POOLE S J1,500
29.9%
—

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