Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara
POL S 172
Winter 2018 – Summer 2026 (11 terms) · 669 students · Source:
The curve
Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.
35.6%
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 202626
50.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026Fall 202564
35.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Fall 202463
50.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024Winter 202464
39.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024Summer 202325
28.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023Winter 2023166
22.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023Summer 202230
30.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Spring 202261
37.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Winter 202158
37.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021By instructor, highest A rate first
ABCDFWOther
3 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.