A P C O H O R T DATA

G R A D U AT I N G C L A S S O F 2 0 1 5

Percentage of the Class of 2015 Scoring a 3 or Higher on an

AP Exam During High School
0%
Maryland
Massachusetts
Florida
Connecticut
California
Virginia
Colorado
New York
New Jersey
Utah
Illinois
Wisconsin
Georgia
Vermont
Washington
UNITED STATES
Minnesota
Maine
North Carolina
Nevada
Texas
South Carolina
Michigan
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Indiana
Rhode Island
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Ohio
Oregon
Alaska
Arizona
Hawaii
Montana
New Mexico
Alabama
Iowa
Idaho
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Wyoming
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
West Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi

31.7
31.5
30.7
30.4
30.2
29.8
27.8
26.4
26.1
25.7
25.0
24.7
24.0
23.8
22.6
22.4
22.0
21.9
21.7
21.4
20.8
20.2
19.6
19.6
19.0
19.0
18.8
18.5
18.4
18.1
17.9
16.8
16.4
16.3
16.1
14.2
13.7
13.1
12.7
12.7
12.6
12.5
12.0
11.7
11.4
11.3
11.3
11.0
10.9
10.8
8.0
5.8

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

What do the
data show?

22.4%
of U.S. public high school
graduates scored a 3 or
higher on an AP Exam
during high school.

31.7%
of Marylands public
high school graduates
scored a 3 or higher on
an AP Exam, leading
the nation.

NATIONAL
AVERAGE

22.4%

This figure represents U.S. public school students and looks at students entire high school experience with AP (i.e., exams taken by members of
the class of 2015 throughout their time in high school). References to the total number of high school graduates are projections supplied in
Knocking at the College Door (WICHE, 2012). States with a tie in the rankings are listed alphabetically.
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2016 The College Board.