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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 6C

Fall 2009 – Summer 2026 (50 terms) · 15,019 students · Source:

The curve

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

45.5%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%10%20%30%40%50%45.5%A34.8%B16.0%C2.4%D1.4%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%Fa2010FaSp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Sp202097.7%Sp2021Sp2022Sp2023Sp2024Sp2025Sp2026Su44.9%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ZEE A10
70.0%
—
FRATUS K R139
57.6%
—
FREUND E G5,854
57.1%
—
HAYNIE R M400
54.0%
—
KRISTIANSEN K227
53.7%
—
KELLER B P91
52.7%
—
O'NEILL H M252
44.4%
—
GELLER R M5,784
41.5%
—
CHUNG P J368
29.3%
—
KOUTROULAKIS497
28.0%
—
BIBILASHVILI205
22.9%
—
YOUNGBLOOD BJ202
21.3%
—
GURUSWAMY S196
18.9%
—
ROIG F S203
18.2%
—
FREEDMAN R A73
17.8%
—
ROSSIN R133
16.5%
—
CANNELL D S162
14.8%
—
FYGENSON D K223
12.1%
—

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