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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

SOC 1

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (68 terms) · 26,300 students · Source:

The curve

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

56.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%56.5%A30.6%B9.2%C1.8%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%80%100%Fa2010Fa2011Fa2012Fa2013Fa2014Fa2015Fa2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa2020Fa2021Fa2022Fa90.1%2023Fa2024Fa2025Fa2026Su68.5%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
SOTO O F60
90.0%
—
FISHER R J68
88.2%
—
LANUZA Y R1,278
82.2%
—
KAPLAN R E78
79.5%
—
NIELSEN E S450
78.4%
—
WALLER I A48
77.1%
—
HAJJAR L3,604
76.5%
—
KLEIN N L53
75.5%
—
LOE-STERPHONE63
73.0%
—
SORIN C R69
72.5%
—
MUNDAY E M59
71.2%
—
GONZALES G G477
70.4%
—
CLEGG M B116
69.8%
—
RIOS V M2,475
66.1%
—
RODRIGUEZ L V109
65.1%
—
GOMEZ J D40
62.5%
—
PRIETO S G48
60.4%
—
MCCUMBER A H154
60.4%
—
TOBER T L3,787
59.0%
—
GORDON A F5,371
57.7%
—
MOHR J882
53.1%
—
TUROWETZ J973
51.2%
—
MACDONALD M49
51.0%
—
RUSSO C L38
50.0%
—
SORENSEN A M56
48.2%
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32 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.