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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 115C

Fall 2010 – Spring 2026 (30 terms) · 1,725 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.

34.8%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%34.8%A39.7%B18.7%C3.4%D3.1%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%FaFaFa2013Sp20142015Sp20162017Sp2018Fa2019SuSp2020Sp2021Fa2022SuSp2023Sp202471.4%Sp2025Sp202650.9%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
INCANDELA J R53
50.9%
—
PATTERSON D S106
47.2%
—
GWINN E G45
44.4%
—
WELD D M42
40.5%
—
FOLSOM D P44
38.6%
—
XU C137
38.0%
—
CRAIG N J81
37.0%
—
BROWN F L31
35.5%
—
YOUNGBLOOD BJ24
33.3%
—
BOUWMEESTER D613
32.8%
—
LUDWIG A W111
32.4%
—
JIN C336
31.3%
—
BIBILASHVILI79
30.4%
—
KOSZEGI G K23
13.0%
—

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