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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CHEM 1CL

Spring 2011 – Winter 2025 (44 terms) · 18,433 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.

32.3%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%32.3%A49.4%B15.5%C1.4%D1.3%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Sp2020Sp2021Sp2022Wi2023Fa202458.9%FaWi25.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
WANG S X43
41.9%
—
O'NEILL E L44
40.9%
—
PENNEY D J44
40.9%
—
BERNT C M3,619
40.6%
—
ZHU ZHIYUAN43
39.5%
—
BURATTO W R57
38.6%
—
MATTEJAT M R45
37.8%
—
BLANKENSHIP J47
36.2%
—
PROKOPOVICH D48
33.3%
—
HEINRICH S E41
31.7%
—
STOW P R41
31.7%
—
VAN KOPPEN P13,049
30.7%
—
BAEZA CINCO M73
30.1%
—
KULKARNI S S89
29.2%
—
FELDWINN D L103
29.1%
—
LIU XIKUN48
27.1%
—
COHEN T E46
26.1%
—
LIEBERMAN J A47
25.5%
—
MCRAE S D29
24.1%
—
CHAKRABORTY A46
23.9%
—
TAGAMI K A42
23.8%
—
PRICE S P186
23.7%
—
MAKRIS C L43
23.3%
—
ROSENTHAL K D48
22.9%
—
DIXON A L71
22.5%
—

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