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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CMPSC 40

Winter 2010 – Spring 2026 (60 terms) · 3,887 students · Source:

The curve

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

39.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%39.6%A34.6%B18.1%C4.7%D3.0%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%Wi2010Fa2011SuSp2012Wi2013Fa2014SuSuSp2016WiWi2018FaFaFa2021Su88.2%Sp2022Wi2023Wi2024Fa2025FaSp202638.6%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
SHANKAR S C17
88.2%
—
HANSEN K D94
64.9%
—
CONRAD P T258
64.7%
—
WANG Y W107
63.6%
—
DING Y40
62.5%
—
VIGODA E J55
61.8%
—
MIRZA D256
56.6%
—
MAJEDI M371
54.4%
—
LOKSHTANOV D75
53.3%
—
DUNCAN A M76
50.0%
—
SHLOMI S113
48.7%
—
MOHAN A73
38.4%
—
HARDEKOPF B C182
36.8%
—
KOC C K248
33.9%
—
SU J215
33.5%
—
BULTAN T55
32.7%
—
MATNI Z A147
32.7%
—
BURK K T55
30.9%
—
EGECIOGLU O445
30.8%
—
CAPPELLO P R291
26.5%
—
SURIANARAYANA12
25.0%
—
TURK M A174
21.8%
—
VAN DAM W417
19.7%
—
LIN HUIJIA111
18.0%
—

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