AP Credit
AP Calculus AB Credit by College
Of 145 colleges whose AP charts name AP Calculus AB, 75 give credit or placement for a 3, 130 for a 4, and 143 for a 5.
| College | Lowest score | What it earns | With a 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3 | 3 units, MATH 125 | Same |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 3 | 4 hours, MAT 270 (score 5, 4 or 3) | Same |
| Arkansas | 3 | Credit for MATH 24004 | Credit for MATH 240H4 |
| Auburn University | 3 | 7 hours, MATH 1130 and 1610 | Same |
| Binghamton | 3 | 4 credits, MSCI XXX | 4 credits, MATH 224 and MATH 225 |
| Buffalo | 3 | 4 credits, general exam credit | 4 credits, MTH 141 |
| California State University-Long Beach | 3 | 6 units: MATH 113 (2 units) and MATH 122 (4 units) | Same |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 4 credits, MATH 1061 | Same |
| Clemson | 3 | 4 credits, MATH 1060 | Same |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 3 | 5 credits, MATH 124 and MATH 160 | Same |
| CU Boulder | 3 | 3 lower-division Arts and Sciences credits | 5 credits, MATH 1300 |
| Davidson | 3 | Credit for MAT 111 | Same |
| Delaware | 3 | 4 credits, MATH 266DE (Mathematics elective) | 4 credits, MATH 241 |
| DePaul University | 3 | 4 credits, MAT 150 | 8 credits, MAT 150 and MAT 151 |
| Florida | 3 | MAC 2311 (4 credits) | Same |
| Florida Atlantic University | 3 | 4 credits, MAC 2311 | Same |
| Florida International University | 3 | 4 credits, MAC 2311 | Same |
| Florida State University | 3 | MAC 2311 (4) | Same |
| George Mason | 3 | 3 credits, MATH 123 | 4 credits, MATH 113 |
| Houston | 3 | 3 hours, MATH 1325 | 4 hours, MATH 2413 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | 3 | 3 credit hours, MATH-UN 100 (undistributed) | 4 credit hours, MATH-M 211 |
| James Madison | 3 | 3 credits, MATH 205 | 4 credits, MATH 235 |
| Kansas | 3 | 4 hours, MATH 125 | Same |
| Kentucky | 3 | 4 credit hours, MA 113 | Same |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 3 | 6 hours, MATH 1021 and either 1431 or 1530 | 8 hours, MATH 1021 and 1550 |
| Miami University-Oxford | 3 | 4 hours, MTH 151 | Same |
| Mississippi State University | 3 | 3 hours, MA 1713 | Same |
| NC State | 3 | 3 hours, MA 121 | 4 hours, MA 141 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 4 credits, Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Discovery credit | 4 credits, MATH 425, 424A or 424B |
| North Texas | 3 | 4 hours, MATH 1710 | Same |
| Ohio State | 3 | Math 1151 (5) (score 3+) | Same |
| Ole Miss | 3 | 3 hours, MATH 2611 | Same |
| Oregon State University | 3 | 4 credits, MTH 251Z | 8 credits, MTH 251Z and MTH 252Z |
| Purdue | 3 | MA 15555 | MA 16500 (score 4 or 5) |
| San Diego State | 3 | 6 units, MATH 120 and MATH 141 | 4 units, MATH 150 |
| San Jose State University | 3 | 3 units, MATH 30 | Same |
| Stony Brook | 3 | 3 credits, no course equivalent | 4 credits, MAT 131 |
| Syracuse University | 3 | 3 credits, MAT 285 | 6 credits for MAT 285 and MAT 286, or 4 credits for MAT 295 |
| Temple | 3 | 4 credits, Math 1031 | 4 credits, Math 1041 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 3 | MATH 142, 3 credit hours | MATH 151, 4 credit hours (required score 4) |
| Texas Christian University | 3 | 3 hours, MATH 10283 Applied Calculus | 4 hours, MATH 10524 Calculus I |
| Texas Tech | 3 | 4 hours, MATH 1451 | Same |
| The University of Alabama | 3 | 4 credits, MATH 125 | Same |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 3 | MATH 125 | MATH 147 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 3 | 3 hours, MATH 2312 (Precalculus) | 7 hours, MATH 2312 plus MATH 1325 or MATH 2413 |
| UC Berkeley | 3 | 2.6 semester units; satisfies L&S Quantitative Reasoning requirement | Same |
| UC Davis | 3 | 4 quarter units, no course equivalent | 4 quarter units, MAT 012 or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A |
| UC Irvine | 3 | 4 units, Mathematics 2A or 5A | Same |
| UC San Diego | 3 | 4 units; score of 3 exempts MATH 10A | 4 units; score of 4 or 5 exempts MATH 20A or 10A |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3 | 4 units; one Science, Mathematics, and Technology GE course; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement | Same |
| UC Santa Cruz | 3 | 4 units, MATH 11A, 19A | Same |
| UCLA | 3 | 4.0 units, MATH Calculus (score 3-4); satisfies Quantitative Reasoning requirement | 4.0 units, MATH 31A |
| UGA | 3 | MATH 1101 (0 credit hours) and MATH 1113 (0 credit hours) | MATH 1101 (0 credit hours), MATH 1113 (0 credit hours), and MATH 2250 (4 credit hours) |
| UIC | 3 | 5 hours, MATH 121 | 4 hours, MATH 180 |
| UIUC | 3 | MATH 234, 4 credit hours | MATH 220, 5 credit hours; placed into MATH 231 (score 4 or 5) |
| UNC Chapel Hill | 3 | MATH 110P, 129P, 231; 4 credit hours | Same |
| University at Albany | 3 | 6 credits, AMAT 106 and AMAT E10 | 6 credits, AMAT 112 and AMAT E10 |
| University of California-Merced | 3 | 2.6 semester units; exempts Math 005 and the Math Placement Exam | Also exempts Math 011 or 021 (score of 4 or 5) |
| University of California-Riverside | 3 | Mathematics 9A | Same |
| University of Central Florida | 3 | MAC 2311C | Same |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 3 | 3 credits, Lower Level Elective | 4 credits, MATH 140 (score 4 or 5) |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 3 | 4 credits, Math 1271 | Same |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 3 | 10 credits, Math 1160 and 1500 | Same |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 3 | 5 credits, MATH 106 | Same |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 3 | MATH 1823 plus 1 elective hour (MATH 1999) | MATH 1914 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 3 | MATH 141 | Same |
| University of South Florida | 3 | 4 credits, MAC 2311 | Same |
| UT Austin | 3 | M 408K or M 408N or M 408R (score 3-4) | M 408C |
| Utah | 3 | 7 hours, MATH 1050 and MATH 1060 | 6 hours, MATH 1210 plus 2 hours of MATH 1XXX credit |
| UW | 3 | MATH 124, 5 credits (score 3, 4, 5) | Same |
| UW-Madison | 3 | MATH X03, 3 credits | MATH 221, 5 credits (score 4-5) |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 3 | 4 credits, MATH 200 | Same |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | MATH 1025 + MATH 1026, 3+3 credits | MATH 1225 + MATH 1026, 4+3 credits (score 4 or 5) |
| Washington State University | 3 | 4 credits, Mathematics 171 | Same |
| West Virginia | 3 | 4 credit hours, MATH 129 | 4 credit hours, MATH 155 |
| Barnard College | 4 | 3 points; exemption from Calculus I | Same |
| Bates | 4 | Math 105 | Same |
| Baylor | 4 | Math 1321 | Same |
| Boston College | 4 | 3 advanced placement units; Math Core / Math 1100 or Math 1102 course equivalent | Same |
| Boston University | 4 | 4 credits, CAS MA 123 | Same |
| Brandeis | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 10a | 8 credits, MATH 10a/b |
| Brown | 4 | MATH 0090 notation (placement notation, 0.0 course credit) | Same |
| Carleton | 4 | 6 credits (for Mathematics 111) | Same |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | 10 units, 21-111, Calculus (for Dietrich College, CFA, Information Systems Program and Bachelors of Humanities and Arts students only) | 10 units, 21-120, Differential and Integral Calculus |
| Claremont McKenna | 4 | No credit, placement into MATH 031 or MATH 031A | Same |
| Colby College | 4 | 3 credits, MA125 | Same |
| College of William & Mary | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 111 | Same |
| Columbia | 4 | 3 credits, provided students complete MATH UN1102 CALCULUS II or MATH UN1201 CALCULUS III with a grade of C or better | Same |
| Cornell | 4 | 4 credits; placement out of Calculus I (MATH 1110) for non-engineering majors | Same |
| Dartmouth | 4 | Math 3 credit; placement in Math 8 | Same |
| Denver | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1951 | Same |
| Drexel | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 121 | Same |
| Emory | 4 | 3 credit hours, MATH 111 | Same |
| George Washington | 4 | 3 credits, MATH 1231 | Same |
| Georgia Tech | 4 | MATH 1551, 2 hours (score 4 or 5; subscores not accepted) | Same |
| Gonzaga | 4 | 4 credits, Math 157 | Same |
| Grinnell College | 4 | 4 credits as MAT-131, not for major credit | Same |
| Hofstra | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 71 | Same |
| Howard | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 156 | Same |
| Iowa | 4 | 4 s.h., duplicates MATH:1850 Calculus I | Same |
| Iowa State | 4 | 4 credits, Math 1650 | Same |
| Lehigh | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 021 | Same |
| Loyola Chicago | 4 | 4 hours, MATH 161 | Same |
| Marquette | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1450 | Same |
| Michigan State | 4 | 3 credits, MTH 132 | Same |
| Northeastern | 4 | 4 SH, MATH1341 (Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering) | Same |
| Northwestern | 4 | 1 unit (MATH 220-1) | 2 units (MATH 220-1,2) |
| NYU | 4 | 4 credits, MATH-UA 121 | Same |
| Oberlin | 4 | 1 full course, MATH 133 | Same |
| Penn State | 4 | Mathematics 140 (4 credits) (grade of four or five) | Same |
| Pitt | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 0220 | Same |
| Rice | 4 | 3 credit hours, MATH 105 | Same |
| Rochester | 4 | AP credit for MATH 161 | Same |
| RPI | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1010 | Same |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 4 | 01:640:151, 4 credits (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Santa Clara | 4 | 8 quarter units, MATH 11 and elective credit | Same |
| Seton Hall University | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1401 | Same |
| Southern Methodist University | 4 | 3 hours, MATH 1337 | Same |
| Swarthmore | 4 | 1 credit, equals MATH 015 | Same |
| Tufts | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 0032 | Same |
| Tulane | 4 | 4 credit hours, MATH 1210 | Same |
| UConn | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1131Q | Same |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 4 | 4 credits, Math 131 | Same |
| USC | 4 | 4 semester units of elective credit; satisfies GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning; prerequisite MATH 118 or 125 can be waived | Same |
| UVA | 4 | 4 credits for MATH 1310 (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Vermont | 4 | 4 credits, MATH 1234 | Same |
| Villanova | 4 | 4 credits, MAT 1500 | Same |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 4 hours, MTH 111 | Same |
| WashU | 4 | No units; placed into MATH 1520 and awarded proficiency for MATH 1510 | 3 units of credit for MATH 1510; placed into MATH 1520 |
| Wellesley | 4 | 1 unit, MATH 115 | Same |
| Case Western | 5 | 4 credit hours, MATH 121 | Same |
| Colgate | 5 | 1 course credit, MATH 161 | Same |
| Duke | 5 | MATH 21 | Same |
| Georgetown University | 5 | four credits for MATH 1350 (Calculus I) | Same |
| Johns Hopkins | 5 | 4 credits, AS.110.108 | Same |
| Miami | 5 | 4 credits, MTH 171 | Same |
| Michigan | 5 | Mathematics 120 (2), 2 credit hours | Same |
| MIT | 5 | No credit; a score of 5 allows you to enroll in the accelerated Calculus sequence of 18.01A/18.02A | Same |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 4 credits, MATH 10550 (appears on transcript as MATH 10091) | Same |
| Stanford University | 5 | 6 units, MATH 19/20 | Same |
| University of Chicago | 5 | MATH 15100 placement | Same |
| Vanderbilt | 5 | 4 credit hours, MATH 1300: Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus I | Same |
| Yale University | 5 | 1 acceleration credit | Same |
| Bowdoin | None | No credit; used for course placement only | |
| Penn | None | No credit |
Frequently asked questions
Do colleges give credit for a 3 on AP Calculus AB?
75 of the 145 colleges listed here do. 130 accept a 4, and 143 accept a 5. 2 give nothing for this exam at any score.
Does a 5 on AP Calculus AB earn more than a 4?
At some colleges, yes. The last column of the table shows where a 5 earns more credit or a higher course than the minimum score does.
Each row was read from the college’s own registrar, catalog, or admissions page and last checked 2026-10-08. Colleges whose pages do not name this exam are left out. Confirm with the college before you plan around it.
