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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

MCDB 153

Spring 2010 – Spring 2026 (17 terms) · 2,723 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

The curve

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

40.0%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%40.0%A36.4%B20.3%C2.3%D1.1%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%Sp2010Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Sp202067.3%Sp2021Sp2022Sp2023Sp2024Sp2025Sp202652.5%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
KOSIK K S156
54.5%
—
MONTELL C156
54.5%
—
FEINSTEIN S C2,411
38.1%
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3 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.