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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHIL 1

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (68 terms) · 12,149 students · Source:

The curve

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

29.7%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%29.7%A49.4%B15.2%C1.8%D3.0%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%Fa2010Fa2011Fa2012Fa2013Fa2014Fa2015Fa2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa2020Fa2021Fa202283.7%Fa2023Fa2024Fa2025Fa2026Su44.0%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
COSTIGAN T J43
83.7%
—
BRITTON C J289
60.9%
—
CANET S H758
52.6%
—
LI YUCHEN20
50.0%
—
GREEN E J225
49.8%
—
DAVIES M E173
42.2%
—
YANG E T195
41.0%
—
KING D A354
35.0%
—
HESS K A269
33.8%
—
PIERCE S G295
33.6%
—
SPEWAK D C207
33.3%
—
KORMAN D Z3,038
32.0%
—
PERKINS C219
31.5%
—
ZYLSTRA S J479
31.3%
—
ZAHN S E292
30.8%
—
RENTZ Z I314
29.3%
—
AUGUSTIN M J45
28.9%
—
CARAVELLO J A180
28.9%
—
MOKRISKI D A572
26.9%
—
LOOPER B T41
26.8%
—
GEE Q P112
25.9%
—
BRUECKNER A L352
24.4%
—
BAGWELL J N175
24.0%
—
KYLER B E63
23.8%
—
SIEWERT W M200
21.0%
—

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