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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: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

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

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.