AP Program Participation (continued)

This page contains four graphs that display the annual AP program participation by year along with a regression line. Again, we can see that the number of schools offering AP exams and the number of colleges accepting AP credit have a similar growth rate, along with the number of students who took an AP exam and the number of exams administered by AP.

Note: You can hover the cursor over the points on the plot to display extra information.

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Number of Schools offering AP Exams The number of schools has a power-shaped growth patternYearSchoolsCollege Board: Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2020
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Number of Students taking AP Exams The number of students has a polynomial-shaped growth patternYearStudentsCollege Board: Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2020
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Number of Exams administered AP The number of exams has a polynomial-shaped growth patternYearExamsCollege Board: Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2020
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Number of Colleges accepting AP Credit The number of colleges has a nearly-linear growth patternYearCollegesCollege Board: Annual AP Program Participation 1956-2020