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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 215A

Fall 2009 – Fall 2025 (17 terms) · 555 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.

72.3%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%80%72.3%A23.8%B3.2%C0.4%D0.4%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%FaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFaFa95.5%FaFaFa73.8%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
XU C44
95.5%
—
SHRAIMAN B I34
82.4%
—
ZEE A57
77.2%
—
EARDLEY D M47
74.5%
—
DONG X42
73.8%
—
FISHER M P179
70.4%
—
GIDDINGS S B24
66.7%
—
HOROWITZ G40
65.0%
—
CLELAND A N51
60.8%
—
LUDWIG A W37
59.5%
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10 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.