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THE CURVE

Schools / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

FIN 500Introduction to Finance

Fall 2020 – Spring 2026 (12 terms) · 4,120 students · Source: UIUC DAIR Grade Distribution dashboard

The curve

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

69.9%

of students got an A

3.53 average GPA

0.1% withdrew

0%20%40%60%80%69.9%A22.4%B4.2%C0.8%D2.6%F0.1%Withdrew

A rate by term

Share of students who got an A in each term the course ran.

0%20%40%60%80%100%FaSp2021FaSp2022FaSp2023FaSp2024FaSp2025FaSp202684.7%

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
Marcinkowski, Matthew M220
85.9%
3.81
Satchell, Jason662
83.8%
3.73
Yang, Xi832
75.4%
3.58
Widdicks, Martin1,714
70.1%
3.49
Pollet, Joshua M30
70.0%
3.69
Huang, Jiekun105
69.5%
3.58
Pennacchi, George G48
60.4%
3.56
Gao, Xing98
59.2%
3.55
Pae, Yuntaek37
51.4%
3.28
Smith, Mark K61
39.3%
3.34
Spencer, Xiangyi X148
29.7%
3.11
Chan, Kuo Chi165
24.8%
3.06

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