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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

COMM 1

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (61 terms) · 17,089 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.

27.9%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%27.9%A39.1%B23.4%C5.3%D4.1%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%FaFaFaFaFaFaFaFa2017SuSp2018Wi2019Fa2020SuSp2021Wi2022Fa2023SuSp2024Wi2025Fa88.4%2026Su61.0%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
STEVENS H R352
88.4%
—
ELDER K587
76.3%
—
CHAN C106
73.6%
—
BREDLAND A J62
66.1%
—
MEJIA R592
57.6%
—
TRUSCELLI N I1,262
47.0%
—
AFIFI W A327
45.9%
—
MCLEOD C N33
42.4%
—
KIM K46
39.1%
—
FANG C37
35.1%
—
YOUK S87
32.2%
—
ZHANG YIDI40
30.0%
—
AUNE A K38
23.7%
—
MULLIN D I13,460
20.1%
—
SALEHUDDIN A35
17.1%
—
LEN S M25
16.0%
—

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