UPDATE: The postmark deadline for invoices and payments submitted to the AP Program has been extended to June 25, 2021. Late payments incur a $225 late fee.
Payment is not due to College Board at the time of ordering.
Schools determine when and how to collect and track exam payment. Students’ checks or money orders should be made payable to the school administering the exam, not to College Board.
Unused/Canceled Exam Fee Waived: We encourage students to register for their exams in the fall. Given this year’s unusual circumstances, the unused/canceled exam fee won't be applied (in 2020-21 only). To ensure your school isn’t billed an exam fee for unused/canceled exams, the AP coordinator must submit known exam cancellations by March 12, 2021 (11:59 p.m. ET), or indicate as unused any exams that are ordered but not taken in AP Registration and Ordering before the school's invoice is generated.
The cost per AP Exam increased by $1 in 2020-21. The amount of the College Board fee reduction also increased by $1 per exam for eligible students. Schools still retain a $9 rebate per exam.
Visit Managing Fee Collection for information about exam fee collection processes.
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Exam fee for on-time exam orders (by November 13, 2020, for full-year and first-semester courses; by March 12, 2021, for courses that start after November 13) |
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School rebate |
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College Board fee reduction for eligible students |
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Fees may apply to exams ordered after the November 13 final ordering deadline. The table below outlines the fees for 2020-21.
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Late order fee Additional fee applied to each exam ordered between November 14, 2020 and March 12, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET. |
$40 per exam (in addition to base exam fee). (Note: This fee won’t apply to exams for courses that start after the November 13 final ordering deadline—for example, second-semester or spring block courses—and exams for students who transfer to your school.) |
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Unused/canceled exam fee |
Not applicable in 2020-21. |
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Late-testing fee |
$40 per exam (in addition to base exam fee) as applicable for alternate exams for late testing. (Note: Most reasons for late testing, including those related to the coronavirus, don’t incur an additional late-testing fee. Review the late-testing policies for details.) |
Fee Reduction Resources
- Visit AP Exam Fee Reductions for information about eligibility criteria and the procedure for claiming College Board fee reductions for AP Exams.
- Additional reductions may be available through Federal and State AP Exam Fee Assistance.
For more information about exam fees, please see the AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 1.
Related Resources
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AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 1 2020-21
This manual provides detailed information about everything AP coordinators need to do from the start of the school year through the November 13 exam ordering deadline.
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AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2 2020-21
Updated May 2021
This manual provides detailed information about this year’s paper and pencil AP Exams, including exam administration policies and procedures and post-exam tasks. Note: The May update is a clarification to the packing list information on p.90.