Number of Ap Examinations Per Candidate

NUMBER OF AP EXAMS PER STUDENT

The number of AP Exams taken per student is presented below for 2005 and 2015. Note that in 2015 approximately 79% of the students took either one or two AP Exams during the May administration. The remaining 21% took from three to twenty two exams.

SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION YEAR
No. of Exams
Taken by
Students / 2005 / 2015
Frequency / Percent / Frequency / Percent
1 / 692,285 / 56.7 / 1,349,978 / 54.4
2 / 304,679 / 25.0 / 606,847 / 24.4
3 / 136,712 / 11.2 / 307,296 / 12.4
4 / 56,637 / 4.6 / 138,542 / 5.6
5 / 20,902 / 1.7 / 54,929 / 2.2
6 / 6,881 / .6 / 18,865 / .8
7 / 2,066 / .2 / 5,251 / .2
8 / 607 / .0 / 1,311 / .1
9 / 166 / .0 / 305 / .0
10 / 52 / .0 / 76 / .0
More than 10 / 29 / .0 / 52 / .0
Total students/
exams / 1,221,016/2,105,803* / 2,483,452/4,478,936

Approximately 56% of the students took AP Exams in more than one year. The figures below show the cumulative number of exams individual students took from the years 2002 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2015. Note, for example, that 365,816 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 2002 to 2005 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2015, 942,197 students had three or more AP Exams on their records. By 2015, 26,856 students had taken 9 AP Exams, 16,580 had 10 exams, 9,734 had 11 exams, 5,600 had 12 exams, 3,032 had 13 exams, 1,674 had 14 exams, 929 had 15 exams, 491 had 16 exams, 291 had 17 exams, 135 had 18 exams, 76 had 19 exams, 35 had 20 exams, 19 had 21 exams, 5 had 22 exams, 5 had 23 exams, 2 had 24 exams, 2 students had 25 exams, 3 students had 26 exams, and 1 student had taken 27 exams.

FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES
No. of Exams
Taken by
Students / 2002-2005 / 2012-2015
Frequency / Percent / Frequency / Percent
1 / 583,653 / 47.8 / 1,027,083 / 41.4
2 / 271,547 / 22.2 / 514,172 / 20.7
3 / 148,743 / 12.2 / 322,496 / 13.0
4 / 87,650 / 7.2 / 214,617 / 8.6
5 / 52,248 / 4.3 / 141,930 / 5.7
6 / 32,152 / 2.6 / 93,482 / 3.8
7 / 19,553 / 1.6 / 62,449 / 2.5
8 / 11,813 / 1.0 / 41,753 / 1.7
9 / 6,498 / .5 / 26,856 / 1.1
10 / 3,502 / .3 / 16,580 / .7
11 / 1,811 / .1 / 9,734 / .4
12 / 946 / .1 / 5,600 / .2
13 / 441 / .0 / 3,032 / .1
14 / 222 / .0 / 1,674 / .1
More than 14 / 237 / .0 / 1,994 / .0
Total students/
exams / 1,221,016/2,746,545* / 2,483,452/6,599,861**

*These figures are greater than the year total shown in other tables because they include exams that were taken but withheld, cancelled, or arrived late.

**The cumulative total of exams taken is 67.8% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2015 alone (i.e., 2,120,925 exams were taken by the 2015 students in 2014, 2013, and previous years).