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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

PHYS 6CL

Spring 2011 – Summer 2026 (47 terms) · 24,660 students · Source:

The curve

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

61.1%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%80%61.1%A37.8%B0.6%C0.0%D0.5%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%Sp2011Sp2012Sp2013Sp2014Sp2015Sp2016Sp2017Sp2018Sp2019Sp2020Sp2021Sp2022Sp202393.6%Sp2024Sp2025Sp2026Su58.9%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
ZHAO LIANG19
84.2%
—
ROSSIN R118
73.7%
—
MAZIN B A2,077
73.1%
—
DOGIC Z347
69.7%
—
FRATUS K R127
69.3%
—
POPESCU P F6,653
65.6%
—
CAMPAGNARI C120
65.0%
—
HAYNIE R M449
62.6%
—
BERENSTEIN D3,665
62.5%
—
CANNELL D S390
58.7%
—
GURUSWAMY S390
58.7%
—
KELLER B P323
57.6%
—
FREUND E G1,834
56.9%
—
GELLER R M4,296
55.1%
—
O'NEILL H M233
54.9%
—
CHUNG P J349
54.7%
—
ASWATHANARAYA114
54.4%
—
KOUTROULAKIS1,013
54.2%
—
TENNETI S V110
53.6%
—
LI A J137
53.3%
—
FREEDMAN R A320
53.1%
—
BIBILASHVILI316
52.5%
—
EL-SOUSSI M440
52.5%
—
YOUNGBLOOD BJ184
51.1%
—
MCCUNE A D56
50.0%
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30 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.