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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 6BL

Spring 2011 – Summer 2026 (47 terms) · 26,901 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.

64.9%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%80%64.9%A33.6%B0.7%C0.0%D0.7%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%Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Sp2020Sp2021Sp202289.2%Sp2023Sp2024Sp2025Sp2026Su77.2%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
BARGE D M102
87.3%
—
DOGIC Z345
82.9%
—
O'NEILL H M448
82.6%
—
CANNELL D S449
76.2%
—
GURUSWAMY S725
73.1%
—
BERENSTEIN D3,893
71.1%
—
POPESCU P F7,605
69.2%
—
FOLSOM D P276
68.1%
—
KARMIS A A961
67.2%
—
MAZIN B A2,037
66.4%
—
LUBIN P479
62.8%
—
CAMPAGNARI C536
62.3%
—
FREEDMAN R A752
59.3%
—
QIU W185
58.9%
—
FREUND E G2,469
56.7%
—
MCINTOSH D B110
56.4%
—
CHUNG P J356
56.2%
—
TORRES R D134
56.0%
—
FUJIWARA C J118
55.1%
—
GELLER R M4,016
54.4%
—
HOLLIMAN C A111
53.2%
—
GEORGE C A110
52.7%
—
LI A J111
52.3%
—
POPESCU P E31
51.6%
—
FYGENSON D K406
50.5%
—

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