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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

COMM 87

Winter 2010 – Spring 2026 (43 terms) · 4,408 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.

28.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%28.5%A34.7%B20.1%C9.1%D7.6%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%Wi2010Wi2011Wi2012Wi2013Wi2014Wi2015Wi2016Wi2017FaSp2018Wi2019FaSp2020Wi2021FaSp2022Wi2023FaSp202488.8%Wi2025FaSp202623.4%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ELDER K134
88.8%
—
HAMILTON K A360
43.6%
—
WEBER R1,607
28.9%
—
METZGER M J2,307
22.4%
—

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