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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
ALFREY L M34
47.1%
—
GRIFFIN M S58
44.8%
—
HOPKINS J J53
43.4%
—
KORNBERG D N901
41.0%
—
KAPDAN O38
34.2%
—
RAWLINGS C M1,483
27.8%
—
WINANT H3,328
24.1%
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32 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.