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The number of students who take the psychology Advanced Placement exam has exploded in high schools, overtaking the chemistry and physics exams and closing in on biology. More than 2 million students take AP exams every year for college credit or advanced standing.
Increase in AP exams, 1999-2007
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | |
Biology | 82,592 | 92,254 | 103,944 | 121,446 | 144,796 |
Chemistry | 48,899 | 55,406 | 65,698 | 78,453 | 97,136 |
Environmental Science | 9,209 | 18,880 | 29,906 | 38,104 | 52,416 |
Physics | 49,206 | 59,760 | 71,436 | 81,653 | 92,396 |
Psychology | 28,291 | 42,978 | 62,666 | 87,207 | 116,128 |
Source: The College Board
