2026 AP Score Distributions
The College Board has posted the score distributions for the 2026 AP exams.
For your convenience, we have shared the summary below.
You can view the full detail as well as historical data by visiting their website at:
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions
| 2026 Score Distributions: AP Capstone | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP Research | 17% | 31% | 42% | 8% | 2% | 90% |
| AP Seminar | 10% | 21% | 57% | 10% | 2% | 88% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: AP Arts | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP 2D Art & Design | 12% | 30% | 43% | 12% | 3% | 85% |
| AP 3D Art & Design | 7% | 25% | 43% | 23% | 2% | 75% |
| AP Art History | 15% | 25% | 27% | 24% | 9% | 67% |
| AP Drawing | 16% | 31% | 36% | 14% | 3% | 83% |
| AP Music Theory | 18% | 17% | 24% | 26% | 15% | 59% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: AP English | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP English Language & Composition | 16% | 26% | 31% | 16% | 11% | 73% |
| AP English Literature & Composition | 15% | 28% | 32% | 15% | 10% | 75% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: History & Social Sciences | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP African American Studies | 20% | 30% | 27% | 17% | 6% | 77% |
| AP Comparative Government & Politics | 15% | 22% | 33% | 18% | 12% | 70% |
| AP European History | 16% | 33% | 25% | 18% | 8% | 74% |
| AP Human Geography | 19% | 26% | 21% | 24% | 10% | 66% |
| AP Macroeconomics | 19% | 22% | 25% | 20% | 14% | 66% |
| AP Microeconomics | 19% | 26% | 23% | 20% | 12% | 68% |
| AP Psychology | 15% | 35% | 24% | 18% | 8% | 74% |
| AP United States Government & Politics | 23% | 28% | 25% | 16% | 8% | 76% |
| AP United States History | 14% | 37% | 23% | 18% | 8% | 74% |
| AP World History: Modern | 14% | 36% | 16% | 26% | 8% | 66% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: Math & Computer Sciences | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP Calculus AB | 20% | 28% | 17% | 24% | 11% | 65% |
| AP Calculus BC | 46% | 22% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 82% |
| AP Computer Science A | 25% | 26% | 15% | 11% | 23% | 66% |
| AP Computer Science Principles | 10% | 23% | 30% | 21% | 16% | 63% |
| AP Precalculus | 29% | 29% | 24% | 11% | 7% | 82% |
| AP Statistics | 17% | 23% | 22% | 17% | 21% | 62% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: Sciences | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP Biology | 15% | 25% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 71% |
| AP Chemistry | 15% | 31% | 30% | 18% | 6% | 75% |
| AP Environmental Science | 13% | 29% | 27% | 15% | 16% | 69% |
| AP Physics 1 | 19% | 24% | 25% | 15% | 17% | 68% |
| AP Physics 2 | 20% | 29% | 23% | 21% | 7% | 72% |
| AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 24% | 24% | 27% | 17% | 8% | 75% |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics | 20% | 25% | 27% | 17% | 11% | 72% |
| 2026 Score Distributions: World Languages & Cultures | ||||||
| Exam | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ |
| AP Chinese Language and Culture | 48% | 19% | 18% | 6% | 9% | 85% |
| AP French Language and Culture | 15% | 23% | 33% | 23% | 6% | 71% |
| AP German Language and Culture | 24% | 17% | 27% | 22% | 10% | 68% |
| AP Italian Language and Culture | 19% | 22% | 28% | 20% | 11% | 69% |
| AP Japanese Language and Culture | 47% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 21% | 72% |
| AP Latin | 20% | 29% | 24% | 17% | 10% | 73% |
| AP Spanish Language and Culture | 21% | 31% | 31% | 14% | 3% | 83% |
| AP Spanish Literature and Culture | 20% | 23% | 28% | 20% | 9% | 71% |
