Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara
POL S 12
Spring 2010 – Summer 2026 (47 terms) · 6,641 students · Source:
The curve
Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.
19.2%
of students got an A
0.0% withdrew
A rate by term
Share of students who got an A in each term the course ran.
By term, newest first
ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource
Summer 202620
20.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026Winter 2026122
50.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026Fall 2025111
24.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Summer 202518
27.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Spring 2025135
34.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Fall 2024193
18.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024Spring 202490
22.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024Fall 2023123
17.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023Fall 2022158
27.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Summer 202211
27.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Winter 2022163
27.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Summer 202146
32.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021Winter 2021160
20.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021Fall 2020164
24.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020Summer 202044
20.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020Winter 2020191
16.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020Fall 2019142
19.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Summer 201946
19.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Spring 2019164
20.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Winter 2019167
28.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Summer 201838
28.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018Spring 2018169
24.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018Winter 2018234
25.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018Summer 201747
23.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017Winter 2017184
6.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017Fall 2016176
14.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016Summer 201633
27.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016Winter 2016211
21.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016Fall 2015139
18.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015Summer 201547
8.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015Spring 2015146
18.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015Fall 2014245
12.2%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014Summer 201444
34.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014Spring 201482
15.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014Winter 2014123
7.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014Fall 2013248
21.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013Summer 201353
17.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013Spring 2013214
14.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013Fall 2012284
15.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012Summer 201246
10.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012Spring 2012271
18.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012Fall 2011638
10.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011Summer 201184
22.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011Spring 2011161
15.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011Winter 2011234
14.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011By instructor, highest A rate first
ABCDFWOther
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