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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

POL S 1

Winter 2010 – Winter 2026 (53 terms) · 6,553 students · Source:

The curve

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

17.2%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%17.2%A54.1%B22.2%C2.5%D4.0%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%Wi2010Wi2011Wi2012Fa2013SuSp2014Wi2015Fa2016Fa37.7%FaFaFa2020SuSp2021Sp2022Sp2023SuSuWi37.4%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
DAVIES M E47
34.0%
—
KEUM T401
32.7%
—
STEIN E A295
23.4%
—
HOBBS-MORGAN1,131
19.8%
—
GAINES K51
19.6%
—
HUGHES T1,572
15.7%
—
DIGESER P1,396
15.5%
—
MILLER C R348
14.1%
—
NORRIS A1,312
12.3%
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9 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.