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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

SOC 185S

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (46 terms) · 2,751 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.

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
HOBDEN D58
44.8%
—
TUROWETZ J182
44.0%
—
ANDERSON KE B41
43.9%
—
NGUYEN H-A T39
41.0%
—
SU P N96
37.5%
—
SOBOTKA T C141
36.9%
—
GOW J N32
34.4%
—
GORDON A F92
32.6%
—
SCHNEIDER B E133
24.8%
—
HIDALGO D A38
21.1%
—
SATO I L86
17.4%
—

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