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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CMPSC 16

Winter 2010 – Spring 2026 (64 terms) · 8,395 students · Source:

The curve

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

53.3%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%53.3%A28.1%B11.9%C3.5%D3.3%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

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

0%20%40%60%80%100%Wi2010Fa2011SuSp2012Wi2013Fa2014SuSp2015Wi2016Fa2017SuSp2018Wi2019Fa2020SuSuSu94.8%Sp2023Wi2024Fa2025SuSp202625.0%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
DOWNING M E85
90.6%
—
QUEVEDO A M52
82.7%
—
CONRAD P T858
76.3%
—
AGHAMOHAMMADI30
66.7%
—
MIRZA D1,099
64.7%
—
NICHOLS L H349
64.5%
—
PAKRAVAN S72
59.7%
—
SISCO Z D192
59.4%
—
KHARITONOVA Y297
57.9%
—
MAZLOOM B50
56.0%
—
MATNI Z A1,111
55.8%
—
BANG L A52
53.8%
—
SURIANARAYANA117
53.8%
—
DENG Z117
53.0%
—
KOC C K372
52.7%
—
ZHOU E37
48.6%
—
SPENSKY C S41
46.3%
—
BURK K T142
45.8%
—
BUONI M J273
44.7%
—
MAJEDI M925
41.8%
—
DEWEY K T46
41.3%
—
BULTAN T309
40.1%
—
AGRAWAL D262
38.9%
—
COSTANZO C1,404
37.7%
—
WANG R K47
31.9%
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27 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.