1 Student Took 27 AP Exams in 2015

2015 was an interesting year for students taking the AP Exams for College.

Ten years prior, there were approximately 1.2 million AP Exams taken in the May implementation of the test. Here in 2015, the May 2015 set had close to 2.5 million test takers throughout the world. Of these students, there were some great clues to what current standards are in the Advanced Placement Examinations world.

For instance, 1 student sat down for 27 different exams within a 3 year period from 2012-2015. In contrast, there were:

26,586 students who took 9 AP Exams
16,580 had reached the double digits taking 10 AP Exams
9,734 students tested on 11 AP Exams
5600 took 12 Exams
3032 completed 13
1674 finished 14
929 carried out 15
491 had 16 exams
291 did 17
135 had 18
76 reached 19
35 reached the second double digit milestone of 20
19 surpassed it with 21
5 executed 22
and 2 reached 23

To contrast the two 3 year periods:

365,000+ took 3 or more AP Exams from 2002-2005
In 2012-15, 942,000+ had the same number or more AP Exams on their records

For more data on this year’s AP Exam Test Takers, take a look at the following.