Easiest ECON classes at UCSB
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- ECON 194DG: DIG Average GPA 4.00, 223 students
- ECON 290: SPCL RSRCH TPC ECON Average GPA 4.00, 129 students
- ECON 96 Average GPA 3.96, 409 students
- ECON 194S: GROUP STUDIES Average GPA 3.96, 124 students
- ECON 293 Average GPA 3.93, 179 students
- ECON 196A: SEN HONORS SEM Average GPA 3.92, 179 students
- ECON 196B Average GPA 3.88, 164 students
- ECON 245C Average GPA 3.88, 103 students
- ECON 191D Average GPA 3.81, 101 students
- ECON 204A: MACROECON THEORY Average GPA 3.80, 216 students
- ECON 240C Average GPA 3.77, 105 students
- ECON 204B Average GPA 3.73, 240 students
- ECON 95: INTRO FINANCE Average GPA 3.67, 107 students
- ECON 210C: MARKETS & INCENTIVE Average GPA 3.66, 240 students
- ECON 241C: ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 3.66, 229 students
- ECON 204C: MACROECON THEORY Average GPA 3.66, 226 students
- ECON 240B Average GPA 3.64, 264 students
- ECON 205A Average GPA 3.61, 276 students
- ECON 191ET Average GPA 3.60, 225 students
- ECON 273A Average GPA 3.60, 121 students
- ECON 156 Average GPA 3.59, 230 students
- ECON 174 Average GPA 3.57, 872 students
- ECON 187: TOPICS PRSNL ECON Average GPA 3.57, 465 students
- ECON 240A Average GPA 3.57, 276 students
- ECON 241B Average GPA 3.57, 273 students
- ECON 210B Average GPA 3.56, 296 students
- ECON 116C Average GPA 3.56, 183 students
- ECON 208 Average GPA 3.55, 212 students
- ECON 226 Average GPA 3.55, 104 students
- ECON 241A: ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 3.52, 246 students
- ECON 145 Average GPA 3.48, 1,003 students
- ECON 205B Average GPA 3.48, 220 students
- ECON 134C Average GPA 3.46, 297 students
- ECON 210A: CONSUMP & PRODUCT Average GPA 3.44, 286 students
- ECON 234A Average GPA 3.42, 157 students
- ECON 191EG Average GPA 3.39, 150 students
- ECON 113B: TWEN CEN US EC HIST Average GPA 3.38, 1,013 students
- ECON 107A: HISTORY OF ECON Average GPA 3.37, 1,158 students
- ECON 114A: ECONOMIC DEVELOP Average GPA 3.36, 1,951 students
- ECON 138B: INCOME TAXATION Average GPA 3.35, 1,151 students
- ECON 112A Average GPA 3.32, 1,083 students
- ECON 176: EXPERIMENTAL ECON Average GPA 3.32, 990 students
- ECON 151: ECON OF GENDER Average GPA 3.32, 121 students
- ECON 152 Average GPA 3.30, 1,912 students
- ECON 107B Average GPA 3.30, 873 students
- ECON 117A Average GPA 3.27, 382 students
- ECON 177: AUCTION Average GPA 3.25, 277 students
- ECON 157 Average GPA 3.24, 243 students
- ECON 106: MANAGERIAL ECON Average GPA 3.23, 3,166 students
- ECON 140B: INTRO ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 3.21, 961 students
- ECON 133: TOPICS MACRO THEORY Average GPA 3.20, 297 students
- ECON 155 Average GPA 3.20, 169 students
- ECON 150B Average GPA 3.19, 577 students
- ECON 164 Average GPA 3.19, 157 students
- ECON 138A: INCOME TAXATION Average GPA 3.18, 4,511 students
- ECON 114B: ECONOMIC DEVELOP Average GPA 3.18, 1,153 students
- ECON 170 Average GPA 3.17, 1,100 students
- ECON 171: INTRO GAME THEORY Average GPA 3.14, 3,622 students
- ECON 150A: LABOR ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.14, 1,432 students
- ECON 120: URBAN REG ECON Average GPA 3.13, 174 students
- ECON 135: MONETARY ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.12, 2,651 students
- ECON 122 Average GPA 3.12, 635 students
- ECON 101: MACROECON THEORY Average GPA 3.10, 11,216 students
- ECON 130 Average GPA 3.09, 1,315 students
- ECON 182 Average GPA 3.09, 488 students
- ECON 118: FIN ACCTG ANALYSIS Average GPA 3.08, 5,617 students
- ECON 137B: MANAGERIAL ACCTG Average GPA 3.07, 1,726 students
- ECON 9: INTRO TO ECONOMICS Average GPA 3.03, 6,426 students
- ECON 100C: MICROECON THEORY Average GPA 3.03, 338 students
- ECON 189: LAW AND ETHICS Average GPA 3.01, 3,737 students
- ECON 139: ADVANCED ACCOUNTING Average GPA 3.01, 1,691 students
- ECON 114 Average GPA 3.01, 1,119 students
- ECON 181 Average GPA 3.00, 1,485 students
- ECON 137A: MANAGERIAL ACCTG Average GPA 2.97, 6,996 students
- ECON 136A: INTERMED ACCOUNTING Average GPA 2.96, 6,384 students
- ECON 116A: INDUST ORG PRIN Average GPA 2.95, 662 students
- ECON 140A: INTRO ECONOMETRICS Average GPA 2.94, 10,400 students
- ECON 134A: FIN MANAGEMENT Average GPA 2.94, 8,860 students
- ECON 180 Average GPA 2.94, 759 students
- ECON 104B Average GPA 2.93, 105 students
- ECON 160 Average GPA 2.91, 511 students
- ECON 185: AUDIT DATA IN AIS Average GPA 2.89, 806 students
- ECON 115 Average GPA 2.88, 1,063 students
- ECON 100B: MICROECON THEORY Average GPA 2.86, 12,006 students
- ECON 132A: AUDITING Average GPA 2.85, 3,176 students
- ECON 1: PRINCIPL ECON MICRO Average GPA 2.76, 24,191 students
- ECON 136C: INTERMED ACCOUNTING Average GPA 2.73, 5,859 students
- ECON 136B: INTERMED ACCOUNTING Average GPA 2.72, 6,255 students
- ECON 104A Average GPA 2.72, 222 students
- ECON 5: STAT ECON Average GPA 2.68, 7,166 students
- ECON 109 Average GPA 2.64, 716 students
- ECON 2: PRIN ECON-MACRO Average GPA 2.62, 17,422 students
- ECON 3B: FINANCIAL ACCTG Average GPA 2.62, 6,087 students
- ECON 10A: MICROECON THEORY Average GPA 2.58, 19,263 students
- ECON 100A Average GPA 2.52, 1,289 students
- ECON 3A: FINANCIAL ACCTG Average GPA 2.48, 10,562 students
See also: Hardest classes, UCSB course catalog, ECON course catalog.