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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

SOC 153

Spring 2010 – Fall 2025 (28 terms) · 2,065 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade distribution file, Fall 2009

The curve

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

47.7%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%47.7%A35.4%B10.2%C1.8%D4.8%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%80%Sp2010FaSuSuFa2015SuSu2017FaSp2019Sp2020202176.9%Su2022SuSp20232025SuFa65.6%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
TABAG M J70
70.0%
—
DIAZ J A77
68.8%
—
ROBINSON S L82
67.1%
—
JUNGLEIB L T58
58.6%
—
HIKIDO A R54
51.9%
—
RAWLINGS C M162
48.1%
—
SEGURA D A1,145
48.1%
—
THEBAUD S E79
41.8%
—
HURWITZ H M51
41.2%
—
THOMSEN C A48
35.4%
—
ALFREY L M72
29.2%
—
HIDALGO D A167
26.3%
—

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