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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHIL 3

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (68 terms) · 11,922 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

The curve

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

52.4%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%52.4%A27.7%B12.4%C3.7%D3.5%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%Fa2010Fa2011Fa2012Fa2013Fa2014Fa2015Fa2016Fa2017Fa2018Fa2019Fa2020Fa91.8%2021Fa2022Fa2023Fa2024Fa2025Fa2026Su64.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
STORY D E706
36.1%
—
COLLINS J T190
35.8%
—
HESS K A364
34.1%
—
SCHAAL-O'CONN245
31.4%
—
ATKINS P J168
31.0%
—
LIMA J F42
31.0%
—
BARNES D B250
30.0%
—
SIEWERT W M181
24.3%
—
NANCE I T182
20.9%
—
CARAVELLO J A291
19.6%
—
BENNETT J A162
18.5%
—
MAY J D104
8.7%
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37 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.