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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

SOC 185G

Spring 2010 – Fall 2025 (27 terms) · 1,971 students · Source:

The curve

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

53.7%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%53.7%A31.5%B9.2%C2.4%D3.2%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%100%Sp2010FaWiWi2013SuSuSp2019Sp2020Wi202189.3%FaSp2022Wi2024Su2025Fa69.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
NIELSEN E S84
89.3%
—
RAHILLY E P72
70.8%
—
RAYMOND E614
68.4%
—
TABAG M J44
68.2%
—
BRIDGES T S369
53.9%
—
WONG Y A76
46.1%
—
SUAREZ F144
44.4%
—
HARR B E55
43.6%
—
SORENSEN A M58
39.7%
—
THEBAUD S E77
36.4%
—
TWINE F W254
30.7%
—
ALLEE M M63
27.0%
—
HIDALGO D A61
23.0%
—

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