AP European History pass rate and score distribution

74% of AP European History students scored 3 or higher in 2026. In May 2025 it was 72.6% of 86,729 students, with a mean of 3.27.

The May 2025 distribution

5: 14.0%, 4: 34.8%, 3: 23.9%, 2: 19.0%, 1: 8.4%

5: 16%, 4: 33%, 3: 25%, 2: 18%, 1: 8%

College Board calls no score a pass. Many colleges give credit for a 3 or higher.

Items carried across the Atlantic after 1492, where they came from, and one effect of each.

Six examples of plants, animals and diseases exchanged across the Atlantic, with their origins and effects
Item	Came from	One effect
Potato	The Andes in South America	Became a staple food in much of northern and eastern Europe
Maize (corn)	Mexico and Central America	Grown in southern Europe, Africa and Asia
Tobacco	The Americas	Grown as a cash crop in Virginia and sold in Europe
Horses and cattle	Europe	Changed farming, warfare and hunting in the Americas
Smallpox and measles	Europe, Africa and Asia	Killed a large majority of Native Americans in many regions
Sugarcane	Asia, by way of the Mediterranean and Atlantic islands	Grown on plantations in Brazil and the Caribbean

Question 1

The table best supports which conclusion about the Columbian Exchange?

74% scored 3 or higher in 2026, and 72.6% in May 2025.

3.27 in May 2025.