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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CHEM 1A

Fall 2009 – Spring 2026 (50 terms) · 43,671 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.

19.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%19.1%A30.4%B28.7%C12.3%D9.5%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%10%20%30%Fa2010Fa2011Wi26.8%2012Wi2013Wi2014Wi2015Wi2016Wi2017Wi2018Wi2019Wi2020Wi2021Wi2022Wi2023Wi2024Wi2025WiSp202621.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
BERNT C M1,467
24.1%
—
SVADLENAK N D407
23.1%
—
VAN KOPPEN P1,776
21.9%
—
RUSSAK J A989
21.1%
—
SANTIAGO M R163
20.9%
—
SYLVESTER B M5,947
20.6%
—
PRICE S P7,640
19.9%
—
BURATTO W R96
19.8%
—
SUSMAN M E270
19.3%
—
KUNKEL B M8,129
18.6%
—
JOSEPH C A10,114
18.4%
—
ANDERSON S E1,877
17.3%
—
FELDWINN D L3,545
16.9%
—
LAVERMAN L E349
15.5%
—
HOOKER T M902
12.2%
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15 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.