Fees & Fee Reductions
AP Exam fees and available reductions
Coordinators are responsible for collecting exam fees from students. This can be done prior to the exam or on exam day. Checks and money orders should be made payable to the school administering the AP Exam, not the College Board.
Exam fees
The fee for each exam is $86, with schools retaining an $8 rebate per exam. The amount schools collect from students, however, may vary under certain circumstances:
- Depending on the reasons for late testing, schools may be charged an additional fee ($40 per exam), part or all of which the school may ask students to pay. Students eligible for the College Board fee reduction will not be charged the $40-per-exam late-testing fee, regardless of their reason for testing late.
- Schools administering exams to homeschooled students or students from other schools may negotiate a higher fee to recover the additional proctoring and administration costs.
- College Board fee reductions and state and federal subsidies are available for students with financial need.
Fee reductions
The College Board provides a $22 fee reduction per exam for students with financial need. For each eligible student, schools should also forgo their $8 rebate. Thus, eligible students pay $56 per exam. In addition, most states offer exam subsidies to help cover all or part of the remaining cost. Information about these state-specific contributions is posted on this website in February and will be mailed to Coordinators with exam shipments.
Late testing with alternate exams
There is no additional fee for using an alternate form of the exam if schools are ordering alternate exams under circumstances that are generally beyond the control of the school's administration and the students. In other instances, however, the school is billed an additional $40 per student for each exam to partially cover the cost to prepare, print, ship, and score these exams. Students eligible for the College Board fee reduction will not be charged the $40-per-exam late-testing fee, regardless of their reason for late testing. Visit Late Testing for more information.
Unused exams
Schools are charged $13 for any exam that is ordered but not used.
Late orders
Schools in the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada have an ordering deadline of April 9, 2010. The deadline for all other schools is April 2, 2010. Each order received after the deadline will incur a $50 late fee (excluding alternate exam orders).
Late returns
Schools are billed twice the exam fee for each exam in any shipment received at AP Services after June 1, 2010.
Late payments
Any payments that are postmarked after June 15, 2010 will incur a $200 fee.
Refunds
If students pay for but do not take an exam, they may request a refund from the AP Coordinator. Local school policy determines the amount of the refund. The school is charged $13 for each exam ordered but not taken. This fee does not apply when an alternate replaces a regular exam. Once a student begins an exam, the fee is not refundable.