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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 6B

Winter 2010 – Summer 2026 (49 terms) · 17,149 students · Source:

The curve

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

31.7%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%31.7%A36.8%B24.4%C4.5%D2.6%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%Wi2011Su2012Su2013Su2014Su2015Su2016Su2017Su2018Su2019Su2020Su86.6%2021Su2022Su2023Su2024Su2025Su2026Su42.3%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
POPESCU P F760
55.4%
—
OEHLMANN P140
47.9%
—
FREUND E G6,822
40.1%
—
LUBIN P494
36.8%
—
FOLSOM D P249
33.3%
—
KARMIS A A873
29.1%
—
O'NEILL H M466
28.5%
—
BERENSTEIN D185
25.4%
—
GELLER R M5,085
23.5%
—
FYGENSON D K129
22.5%
—
CAMPAGNARI C267
18.7%
—
CHUNG P J209
18.7%
—
GURUSWAMY S333
18.3%
—
BARGE D M96
17.7%
—
MCINTOSH D B86
17.4%
—
GEORGE C A117
16.2%
—
CANNELL D S194
13.9%
—
FREEDMAN R A644
8.5%
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18 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.