Checks and money orders should be made payable to the school administering the exam, not the College Board.
2018 Exam Fees
| Student pays school | $94 per exam |
| School pays the College Board | $85 per exam |
| School rebate | $9 per exam |
| Student pays school | $142 per exam |
| School pays the College Board | $133 |
| School rebate | $9 per exam |
| Student pays school | $124 per exam |
| School pays the College Board | $115 per exam |
| School rebate | $9 per exam |
| Exams at College Board – authorized test centers outside the U.S. | Fees vary |
| Late-testing fee (reason: school mistake, student conflict, etc.) | $45 per exam |
| Unused exams | $15 per exam |
| Late exam orders | $55 for each order received after the extension deadline |
| Late exam return | Twice the exam fee for each exam in shipments received after June 1 |
| Late payment | $225 for payments postmarked after June 15 |
*Applies to exams administered at schools outside the United States, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Canada, with the exception of U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS).
The amount schools collect from students may vary under certain circumstances:
- Students who qualify for fee reductions: College Board fee reductions and state and federal subsidies are available for students with financial need.
- Late testing: Occasionally, circumstances make it necessary for students to test late using an alternate form of the exam. Depending on the reasons for late testing, schools may be charged an additional $45 fee per alternate exam, part or all of which the school may ask students to pay. Students qualifying for the College Board fee reduction will not be charged the late-testing fee.
- Schools may negotiate a higher fee to recover proctoring and administration costs.
Fee Reduction Resources
- Visit Fee Reductions for AP Exams 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 Exam Fee Assistance.
Refunds
Students may request a refund if they pay for but do not take an exam. Once a student begins an exam, the fee is not refundable. For Capstone and Computer Science Principles, once a student submits any performance task component as final in the AP Digital Portfolio or starts the end-of-course exam, the full exam fee will be charged. The $15 unused exam fee will be charged if an exam has been ordered for a student who:
- Doesn't submit any performance tasks as final; and
- Doesn't start the end-of-course exam.