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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

SOC 185S

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (46 terms) · 2,751 students · Source:

The curve

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

57.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%57.1%A31.0%B7.3%C0.8%D3.7%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%Fa2010SuSp2011Wi2012FaSp2014Sp2015FaSp2019SuSp20212022Fa95.2%2023Fa2024FaFa2026Su41.7%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
DUCK W168
93.5%
—
JAY M A63
87.3%
—
CARNEY N C20
80.0%
—
FELDMAN D B74
79.7%
—
FISHER R J24
79.2%
—
SORIN C R24
79.2%
—
MANSKI B R151
78.8%
—
VALDIVIA A29
75.9%
—
LUNA Z T80
71.3%
—
MEDRANO C R48
70.8%
—
TOBER T L91
68.1%
—
NIELSEN E S172
67.4%
—
BHAVNANI K135
67.4%
—
LARIMORE D K20
65.0%
—
RAYMOND E82
63.4%
—
WINANT H92
62.0%
—
SPRAGUE J H49
61.2%
—
KAPDAN O70
60.0%
—
SKAPOULLI E67
59.7%
—
GOALWIN G J57
56.1%
—
BISHOP K C18
55.6%
—
RAWLINGS C M90
55.6%
—
TYBERG S A71
52.1%
—
CLEGG M B68
50.0%
—
GIL O F50
48.0%
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36 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.