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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

LING 3C

Winter 2011 – Spring 2026 (49 terms) · 3,598 students · Source:

The curve

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

66.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%80%66.5%A27.8%B3.7%C0.8%D1.2%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%WiSp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Wi2020Fa2021SuSp2022Sp2023Sp2024Sp202594.4%Sp202682.4%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
KROKHMAL A65
95.4%
—
CHAU T C68
94.1%
—
LASSWELL S E18
88.9%
—
THIBAULT J A110
82.7%
—
WAHLBERG D D17
82.4%
—
NICOLAESCU A195
77.9%
—
NAUGHTON S J112
75.9%
—
CORONA K D392
72.4%
—
ELLIOTT G151
72.2%
—
WESTMACOTT B533
70.9%
—
SMALL A L246
70.3%
—
BAKER A D212
68.9%
—
TSAI D87
67.8%
—
DENEROFF I77
67.5%
—
CORONA A15
66.7%
—
ROBERTSON J L186
64.5%
—
MULLEN J O101
63.4%
—
LASHMET A J182
61.5%
—
MCGOWAN E J54
61.1%
—
SUN H31
54.8%
—
GOUGH J D37
51.4%
—
RIGHTMIRE S R195
49.7%
—
BOWMAN I K302
48.3%
—
GILMAN R L70
44.3%
—
WEBB M T142
41.5%
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25 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.