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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

COMM 89

Winter 2010 – Summer 2026 (54 terms) · 9,877 students · Source:

The curve

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

32.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%32.6%A46.3%B15.1%C3.5%D2.5%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%Wi20102011Su2012Su2013Su2014Su2015Su2016Su2017SuSp2018Wi2020Fa2021SuSp202291.3%Wi2023Fa2024SuSp2025Wi2026Su73.9%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ZHANG YIDI46
73.9%
—
LEW Z J36
63.9%
—
QI L30
56.7%
—
WHITESTONE S60
55.0%
—
MOXLEY C M42
54.8%
—
LANE D S1,720
48.1%
—
PENG Q45
44.4%
—
MEROLLA A J1,784
41.8%
—
MAZUR A P24
41.7%
—
DUNBAR N E505
30.3%
—
MCCLELLAND-CO38
28.9%
—
MALIK M I40
27.5%
—
JANSMA L L1,974
27.1%
—
AFIFI W A1,597
25.7%
—
ABEYTA A N34
23.5%
—
HARRISON K E43
23.3%
—
NICHOLLS S B39
23.1%
—
SINK A C44
22.7%
—
MULLIN D I1,499
19.7%
—
ROBINSON B30
16.7%
—
ALDEIS M D247
12.6%
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21 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.