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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

EARTH 20

Fall 2010 – Spring 2026 (50 terms) · 9,765 students · Source:

The curve

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

49.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%49.5%A30.6%B15.4%C2.5%D1.9%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%Fa2011SuSp2012Wi2013Fa2014SuSp2015Wi2016Wi2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa2020Fa2021Wi2022Wi2023Sp202493.1%2025FaSp202689.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
LI G1,342
88.6%
—
JI C182
84.6%
—
COX D D389
74.6%
—
ALESSIO P A156
73.7%
—
SCRUGGS M A480
65.6%
—
MCATAMNEY J J237
59.5%
—
MATOZA R S395
57.0%
—
GURROLA L D218
54.1%
—
ANDERSON A K82
53.7%
—
JACKSON M G2,207
48.3%
—
BUSBY C689
39.2%
—
THOMPSON J A62
35.5%
—
LUNA D A1,539
29.0%
—
THOMAS S F1,193
27.7%
—
ADAMS M N58
27.6%
—
VALOVCIN A M22
27.3%
—
LEDERER G W238
25.2%
—
MOSOLF J G57
15.8%
—
ARCHULETA R J219
10.0%
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19 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.