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APIEL list of 200 Colleges

The 200 Colleges and Universities Receiving the Greatest Number of AP Grades

The Top 200 List
This chart shows the 200 U.S. colleges and universities that received the largest number of AP Exam grades in 2001. The most popular university for that year was University California - Berkeley, which received more than 22,000 exams from over 5,000 AP students.


Institution Exam Grades Students
1. University of California - Berkeley 22,411 5,005
2. University of California - Los Angeles 21,744 5,302
3. University of Texas - Austin 20,984 6,430
4. University of Florida 17,648 5,277
5. University of California - San Diego 15,798 4,167
6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 12,675 4,045
7. Texas A&M University - College Station 12,162 4,334
8. University of Illinois - Urbana 12,101 3,780
9. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 11,992 3,613
10. Brigham Young University 11,201 4,182
11. University of California - Irvine 11,096 3,282
12. University of Virginia 10,450 2,414
13. New York University 10,200 3,018
14. Cornell University 9,755 2,112
15. University of California - Davis 9,700 3,283
16. University of Wisconsin - Madison 9,581 3,828
17. Stanford University 9,164 1,892
18. University of California - Santa Barbara 8,983 2,826
19. Pennsylvania State University 8,655 3,452
20. University of Maryland - College Park 8,447 2,824
21. University of Southern California 8,329 2,351
22. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 8,108 2,867
23. University of Georgia - Athens 7,681 2,955
24. Harvard University 7,371 1,427
25. Florida State University 7,328 2,848
26. Northwestern University 7,171 1,595
27. University of Pennsylvania 7,045 1,414
28. Duke University 7,035 1,629
29. Boston University 7,006 2,160
30. Georgia Tech 6,851 1,935
31. North Carolina State University - Raleigh 6,428 2,506
32. University of Washington 6,287 2,580
33. University of Notre Dame 6,030 1,600
34. California Polytechnic State University 5,962 2,219
35. Ohio State University 5,862 2,484
36. University of California - Riverside 5,704 2,039
37. Rutgers University, Rutgers College 5,636 2,241
38. Michigan State University 5,426 2,601
39. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5,415 1,123
40. University of Central Florida 5,253 2,181
41. University of Arizona 5,182 2,125
42. University of Colorado - Boulder 5,157 2,165
43. Princeton University 5,106 961
44. Boston College 5,000 1,384
45. Yale University 4,974 1,003
46. Purdue University - West Lafayette 4,895 2,217
47. Georgetown University 4,765 1,103
48. University of California - Santa Cruz 4,699 1,764
49. College of William and Mary in Virginia 4,646 1,129
50. James Madison University 4,604 1,792
51. University of Miami 4,559 1,507
52. George Washington University 4,441 1,367
53. Vanderbilt University 4,391 1,169
54. Clemson University 4,262 1,710
55. University of Utah 4,237 1,612
56. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 4,229 1,883
57. San Diego State University 4,207 2,093
58. Dartmouth College 4,154 830
59. Emory University 4,149 970
60. Baylor University 4,067 1,570
61. Arizona State University 4,047 1,782
62. University of Oklahoma 3,953 1,552
63. Brown University 3,893 860
64. Washington University 3,835 954
65. Miami University - Oxford 3,776 1,560
66. Indiana University - Bloomington 3,723 1,710
67. Carnegie Mellon University 3,715 903
68. SUNY Binghamton 3,672 1,230
69. University of Chicago 3,503 806
70. Rice University 3,415 762
71. University of South Florida 3,372 1,466
72. University of Delaware 3,368 1,368
73. California State University - Long Beach 3,355 1,547
74. University of South Carolina 3,293 1,384
75. Columbia University Columbia College 3,228 714
76. Johns Hopkins University 3,197 673
77. Tulane University 3,177 954
78. Texas Tech University 2,942 1,283
79. University of Massachusetts - Amherst 2,831 1,311
80. Tufts University 2,805 710
81. Syracuse University 2,797 1,064
82. SUNY Center - Buffalo 2,749 1,077
83. Colorado State University 2,729 1,351
84. Wake Forest University 2,694 745
85. University of Kentucky - Lexington 2,661 1,203
86. University of Rochester 2,566 697
87. Rochester Institute of Technology 2,542 962
88. University of North Texas 2,536 1,028
89. University of Pittsburgh 2,501 1,023
90. Rensselaer Polytechnic University 2,468 733
91. University of Houston - University Park 2,352 935
92. Florida International University 2,335 1,038
93. Villanova University 2,333 822
94. Utah State University 2,278 1,052
95. University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2,256 1,068
96. University of Illinois - Chicago 2,201 921
97. United States Naval Academy 2,188 708
98. Northeastern University 2,156 955
99. University of Connecticut 2,125 949
100. University of Iowa 2,103 992
101. University of San Diego 2,070 829
102. California State Polytechnic Univ. - Pomona 2,061 875
103. United States Air Force Academy 2,035 760
104. American University 2,030 712
105. Lehigh University 2,020 630
106. Auburn University 2,009 938
107. University of Missouri - Columbia 1,985 876
108. Texas Christian University 1,983 729
109. University of Texas - Dallas 1,971 607
110. Fordham University 1,946 738
111. Appalachian State University 1,936 881
112. California State University - Northridge 1,913 889
113. Case Western Reserve University 1,907 552
114. Santa Clara University 1,861 655
115. Furman University 1,786 562
116. University of Cincinnati 1,781 814
117. Iowa State University 1,772 842
118. California State University - Fullerton 1,756 830
119. College of Charleston 1,751 780
120. University of Richmond 1,747 525
121. SUNY Center Stony Brook 1,741 85
122. University of Texas - Pan American 1,740 749
123. University of North Carolina - Charlotte 1,738 772
124. Williams College 1,734 43
125. University of Maryland - Baltimore County 1,704 645
126. Southern Methodist University 1,703 586
127. Loyola Marymount University 1,696 626
128. Oklahoma State University 1,668 771
129. Bucknell University 1,665 523
130. Wellesley College 1,665 375
131. SUNY College Geneseo 1,652 593
132. Ohio University 1,647 884
133. United States Military Academy 1,645 553
134. University of Kansas 1,631 706
135. George Mason University 1,598 790
136. Loyola University - Chicago 1,598 617
137. Southwest Texas State University 1,594 769
138. Vassar College 1,593 426
139. Brandeis University 1,593 400
140. Ithaca College 1,587 672
141. University of Pennsylvania 1,582 330
142. University of Arkansas - Lafayetteville 1,563 673
143. Mary Washington College 1,534 521
144. Davidson College 1,529 365
145. University of Oregon 1,492 714
146. SUNY Center Albany 1,492 629
147. University of Texas - San Antonio 1,490 670
148. Virginia Commonwealth University 1,487 659
149. Pomona College 1,479 323
150. Wesleyan University 1,473 376
151. Marquette University 1,471 653
152. University of North Florida 1,467 597
153. University of Texas - Arlington 1,466 575
154. Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge 1,453 737
155. Colgate University 1,452 398
156. Drexel University 1,439 638
157. DePaul University 1,435 641
158. University of Nevada - Reno 1,429 593
159. Georgia State University 1,428 720
160. Washington and Lee University 1,427 340
161. The College of New Jersey 1,394 564
162. University of North Carolina - Wilmington 1,389 705
163. Carleton College 1,355 346
164. San Jose State University 1,332 708
165. Middlebury College 1,332 328
166. Swarthmore College 1,314 275
167. Oberlin College 1,297 83
168. Western Michigan University 1,294 763
169. California State University - Fresno 1,292 612
170. McGill University 1,292 382
171. Trinity University 1,287 392
172. California State University - Los Angeles 1,283 655
173. College of the Holy Cross 1,281 387
174. East Carolina University 1,278 677
175. Ricks College 1,277 672
176. Wheaton College 1,261 409
177. California Institute of Technology 1,254 280
178. Northern Arizona University 1,219 553
179. Barnard College 1,209 319
180. Pepperdine University 1,201 452
181. Temple University 1,198 631
182. Amherst College 1,198 240
183. Weber State University 1,187 602
184. University of New Mexico 1,186 624
185. University of Dayton 1,183 512
186. Oregon State University 1,165 603
187. Smith College 1,145 346
188. University of Vermont 1,131 543
189. Loyola College 1,129 417
190. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa 1,121 549
191. University of North Carolina - Greensboro 1,116 568
192. West Virginia University 1,108 564
193. University of Texas - El Paso 1,103 580
194. Columbia University School of Engineering 1,096 216
195. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1,080 381
196. Grand Valley State University 1,078 676
197. Colby College 1,050 302
198. University of Louisville 1,043 473
199. St Johns University - Jamaica 1,040 481
200. Elon College 1,035 474
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