Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara
POL S 177
Spring 2012 – Summer 2026 (16 terms) · 923 students · Source:
The curve
Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.
37.5%
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 202628
32.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026Fall 202544
47.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Winter 202558
51.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025Fall 202454
51.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024Fall 202358
27.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023Summer 202346
26.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023Winter 202266
27.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022Summer 202163
27.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021Spring 202156
55.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021Fall 201963
50.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Summer 201931
48.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019Fall 201759
59.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017Winter 201757
38.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2017, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017Spring 201664
35.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016By instructor, highest A rate first
ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
6 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.