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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

POL S 186

Fall 2009 – Summer 2025 (21 terms) · 1,841 students · Source:

The curve

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

34.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%34.6%A52.6%B10.5%C0.4%D1.8%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%FaFaFaWiFaWiWiSuFaWiSu56.5%FaWiSp2019Sp2020FaSp2022SuSuSuSu33.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource
Summer 202524
33.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025
Summer 202426
38.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024
Summer 202327
37.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023
Summer 202229
27.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022
Spring 202257
29.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022
Fall 2020114
38.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020
Spring 2020128
46.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020
Spring 2019126
32.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019
Winter 2018136
26.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018
Fall 201677
24.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016
Summer 201623
56.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016
Winter 201664
56.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016
Fall 2015133
43.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015
Summer 201525
52.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015
Winter 2015129
40.3%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015
Winter 2014136
31.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014
Fall 2012136
29.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012
Winter 201259
33.9%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012
Fall 2011130
25.4%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011
Fall 2010133
31.6%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010
Fall 2009129
27.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Fall 2009

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
BECKMAN T G112
55.4%
—
COHEN B J1,566
33.3%
—
TSOULOUFAS G24
33.3%
—
ROCHAT M J139
32.4%
—

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