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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

MCDB 1A

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (40 terms) · 61,653 students · Source:

The curve

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

20.9%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%20.9%A29.6%B36.6%C7.2%D5.6%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%FaFaSuSuSuSuSuSuSuSuSp2020Fa2021SuSp2022Fa2023SuSp2024Fa2025SuSp202647.5%Su32.5%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
KRANZFELDER P724
54.8%
—
TROY KRIS134
38.1%
—
TAYLER I M160
36.9%
—
WILTON M B2,744
33.8%
—
MAHERAS A L123
32.5%
—
GONZALEZ NINO4,826
31.3%
—
NOURIZADEH S177
28.8%
—
SMITH H M223
23.8%
—
NGUYEN A T7,254
22.6%
—
POOLE S J830
20.8%
—
SMITH W732
19.8%
—
CLEGG D O7,823
19.7%
—
ERICKSON B J245
19.2%
—
SPINA E J245
19.2%
—
WILSON M Z1,440
19.1%
—
FEINSTEIN S C12,639
18.5%
—
CHRISTOFFERSE10,467
18.4%
—
HALLING S E706
17.8%
—
WILSON L3,362
16.1%
—
BUSH D S5,124
15.5%
—
LOW S H954
15.4%
—
YU P C249
14.1%
—
GEORGE R C276
11.2%
—
LI ZHIQUN196
9.2%
—

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