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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

MCDB 126B

Winter 2010 – Winter 2026 (16 terms) · 1,431 students · Source:

The curve

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

38.9%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%38.9%A33.5%B20.5%C5.5%D1.5%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%WiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiWiWi55.9%WiWiWiWiWi39.0%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource
Winter 202677
39.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Winter 2025142
35.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025
Winter 2024142
26.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024
Winter 2023128
28.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023
Winter 2022128
48.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022
Winter 2021136
55.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021
Winter 2020104
44.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020
Winter 2019123
36.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019
Winter 2018114
36.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018
Winter 201772
38.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017
Winter 201654
42.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016
Winter 201552
42.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015
Winter 201453
34.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014
Winter 201340
35.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013
Winter 201230
36.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012
Winter 201036
44.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
THROWER D A218
44.5%
—
SMITH I467
39.4%
—
VANDENBERG C337
39.2%
—
MARTH J D98
36.7%
—
PARSONS S M41
36.6%
—
AZARENKO O270
34.4%
—

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