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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

COMM 88

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (60 terms) · 10,377 students · Source:

The curve

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

27.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%27.5%A45.9%B18.2%C4.8%D3.6%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%Fa2010Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Wi2017Fa2018SuSp2019Wi2020Fa2021SuSp202264.0%Wi2023Fa2024SuSp2025Wi2026Su57.1%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
KING J L K36
72.2%
—
QUICK J D48
60.4%
—
MOXLEY C M29
55.2%
—
HAUGHTON C N42
54.8%
—
LEN S M82
52.4%
—
LONERGAN C A96
39.6%
—
CHEN Y81
39.5%
—
GONZALES A L1,542
37.9%
—
WANG MINGHUI45
37.8%
—
HANSIA A D84
36.9%
—
MEROLLA A J230
35.7%
—
FANG C47
34.0%
—
HOUSTON R692
33.5%
—
WANG L H32
31.3%
—
ZAMANZADEH N68
27.9%
—
QI L59
25.4%
—
TRUSCELLI N I178
25.3%
—
AUNE A K34
23.5%
—
MULLIN D I5,295
22.8%
—
MATNI Z A1,657
22.7%
—

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