CPA Exam Score Release Dates 2026-27: Next Scores Nov. 24

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) lists Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026 as the target date for the next CPA Exam Core scores, for exams whose data file reaches the AICPA by Nov. 15, in its score release schedule dated Aug. 31, 2026. The next Core release after that is Wednesday, Dec. 16. Below are every target date through June 2028 with weekdays and the days between file date and release, a lookup for where a file date lands, and a printable tracker.

The AICPA calls all of them “target dates” that “can be subject to change.” The exam is 16 hours: three Core sections and one Discipline section of four hours each.

CPA Exam Core score release dates from Nov. 2026 to July 2027

Core scores are “released throughout the year on a rolling basis,” the AICPA says. The three Core sections are Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) and Taxation and Regulation (REG). The AICPA’s table is keyed to the date it receives your exam data file, not to the day you sit the exam. The days column is our count.

AICPA has your file by	Target score release	Days from file date to release
Thu., July 23, 2026	Fri., Aug. 7, 2026	15
Sat., Aug. 15, 2026	Tue., Aug. 25, 2026	10
Mon., Sept. 7, 2026	Tue., Sept. 15, 2026	8
Wed., Sept. 30, 2026	Fri., Oct. 9, 2026	9
Fri., Oct. 23, 2026	Tue., Nov. 10, 2026	18
Sun., Nov. 15, 2026	Tue., Nov. 24, 2026	9
Tue., Dec. 8, 2026	Wed., Dec. 16, 2026	8
Thu., Dec. 31, 2026	Tue., Jan. 12, 2027	12
Sat., Jan. 23, 2027	Tue., Feb. 9, 2027	17
Sun., Feb. 14, 2027	Tue., Feb. 23, 2027	9
Tue., March 9, 2027	Wed., March 17, 2027	8
Wed., March 31, 2027	Fri., April 9, 2027	9
Fri., April 23, 2027	Tue., May 11, 2027	18
Sun., May 16, 2027	Tue., May 25, 2027	9
Tue., June 8, 2027	Wed., June 16, 2027	8
Wed., June 30, 2027	Tue., July 13, 2027	13

The gap runs from 8 to 18 days across these 16 rows. The first five rows are already past; the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) shows the same 2026 rows in its table “as of September 9, 2026.”

Which score date applies to your exam data file?

The column header says “by,” so a file that arrives after one cutoff reads as falling to the next row. That is how the table reads; the AICPA does not spell it out. The AICPA adds that “your exam can’t be scored until the AICPA has received your file from Prometric, the company that administers the exam.”

AICPA receives your file	Target score release
Oct. 24 to Nov. 15, 2026	Tue., Nov. 24, 2026
Nov. 16 to Dec. 8, 2026	Wed., Dec. 16, 2026
Dec. 9 to Dec. 31, 2026	Tue., Jan. 12, 2027
Jan. 1 to Jan. 23, 2027	Tue., Feb. 9, 2027
Jan. 24 to Feb. 14, 2027	Tue., Feb. 23, 2027
Feb. 15 to March 9, 2027	Wed., March 17, 2027

Discipline section score release dates

The AICPA says Discipline sections “are administered in the first month of each quarter.” The three Discipline sections are Business Analysis and Reporting (BAR), Information Systems and Controls (ISC) and Tax Compliance and Planning (TCP). Their table lists a testing window instead of a file date. The days column counts from the last day of the window (our count).

Testing window	Target score release	Days after window ends
July 1-31, 2026	Fri., Sept. 11, 2026	42
Oct. 1-31, 2026	Tue., Dec. 15, 2026	45
Jan. 1-31, 2027	Tue., March 16, 2027	44
April 1-30, 2027	Wed., June 9, 2027	40

The new schedule from July 2027

The AICPA says that “beginning in July 2027, the CPA Exam will transition to a new technology delivery platform, accompanied by changes to the user interface,” and that this requires “an adjusted test administration and score release schedule.” It adds in capital letters that all dates in this part are subject to change. The tables switch from file dates to testing windows for both Core and Discipline, and the schedule’s windows start July 12, 2027.

Section	Testing window	Target score release
Core	July 12 to Sept. 30, 2027	Tue., Oct. 19, 2027
Core	Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, 2027	Tue., Dec. 28, 2027
Core	Jan. 1 to March 15, 2028	Tue., March 28, 2028
Core	April 1 to June 15, 2028	Tue., June 27, 2028
Discipline	July 12 to Aug. 12, 2027	Tue., Sept. 28, 2027
Discipline	Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 2027	Fri., Dec. 17, 2027
Discipline	Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, 2028	Fri., March 17, 2028
Discipline	April 1 to April 30, 2028	Fri., June 16, 2028

Counted from the end of each window, Core scores come 12 to 19 days later and Discipline scores 46 to 47 days later (our count).

From the AICPA to your state board

NASBA says that “the AICPA sends the results to NASBA, which processes the scores, provides them to the appropriate jurisdiction,” and that scores are “generally posted within 48 hours after it begins receiving scores from the AICPA.” NASBA also says that because they are target dates, they “are subject to change and are not guaranteed.” The pages do not give a release time of day or say how long each state board takes.

The exam clock matters too: the AICPA requires all four sections within at least 30 months of sitting the first section, and “in some states, the timeline extends to as long as three years.” Bar candidates face their own calendars; see the February 2027 bar exam deadlines by state and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) dates for 2026-27.

Printable CPA score date tracker

The printable lists every target release date from Nov. 24, 2026 to June 27, 2028 with its file date or testing window. Mark Nov. 24 and Dec. 15-16 on the November 2026 printable calendar and the December 2026 printable calendar, and later dates on the printable yearly calendar.