AP Credit
AP Chemistry Credit by College
Of 146 colleges whose AP charts name AP Chemistry, 72 give credit or placement for a 3, 128 for a 4, and 144 for a 5.
| College | Lowest score | What it earns | With a 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3 | Credit for CHEM 10003/CHEM 10001 | Credit for CHEM 14103/CHEM 14101 and CHEM 142H3/CHEM 142H1 |
| Baylor | 3 | Chemistry 1300 and 1100 | Chemistry 1301, 1101, 1302 and 1102 |
| Binghamton | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM XX1 | 8 credits, CHEM 107 and CHEM 108 |
| Brown | 3 | Retroactive placement notation for CHEM 0100 upon successful completion of CHEM 0330 | Score of 4 or 5: can place into CHEM 0330 without taking the Brown Chemistry Placement Exam |
| Buffalo | 3 | 9 credits, general exam credit | 9 credits, CHE 101, CHE 113, CHE 102 and CHE 114 |
| California State University-Long Beach | 3 | 6 units: CHEM 100 (4 units) and 2 units CHEM electives | 6 units: CHEM 111A (5 units) and 1 unit CHEM elective |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 1030 and CHEM 1030L | 10 credits, CHEM 1040, 1040L, 1041 and 1041L |
| Clemson | 3 | 4 credits, CH 1010 | 8 credits, CH 1010 and CH 1020 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 1++3L (general lab science credit) | 9 credits, CHEM 111, 112, 113 and 114 |
| CU Boulder | 3 | 4 lower-division Arts and Sciences credits | 5 credits, CHEM 1113 and CHEM 1114 |
| Delaware | 3 | 6 credits, CHEM 101 & 102 (lectures, not labs) | 6 credits, CHEM 103 & 104 (lectures, not labs) |
| DePaul University | 3 | 4 credits, CHE 102 | 8 credits, CHE 130/131 and CHE 132/133 |
| Florida | 3 | CHM 1020/CHM L000 (4 credits) | CHM 2045/CHM 2045L and CHM 2046/CHM 2046L (8 credits) |
| Florida Atlantic University | 3 | 4 credits, CHM 1020 and CHM 1020L | 8 credits, CHM 2045, 2045L, 2046 and 2046L |
| Florida International University | 3 | 4 credits, CHM 1020/1020L | 8 credits, CHM 1045/1045L and CHM 1046/1046L |
| Florida State University | 3 | CHM 1020 (3), CHM 1020L (1) | CHM 1045 (3), CHM 1045L (1), CHM 1046 (3), CHM 1046L (1) |
| George Mason | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 103 | 4 credits, CHEM 211 and 213 |
| Houston | 3 | 3 hours, CHEM 1305 | 3 hours, CHEM 1311 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | 3 | 3 credit hours, CHEM-UN 100 (undistributed) | 3 credit hours, CHEM-C 117 |
| James Madison | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 120 and CHEM 000, or ISCI 101 and ISCI 104 | 6 or 8 credits depending on major, CHEM 131 and CHEM 132 |
| Kansas | 3 | 5 hours, CHEM 130 | 10 hours, CHEM 130 and 135 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 5 credit hours, CHE 105 and CHE 111 | 8 credit hours, CHE 105, CHE 107 and CHE 111 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 3 | 3 hours, CHEM 1001 | 8 hours, CHEM 1421, 1422 and 1212 |
| Marquette | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 1001 | 8 credits, CHEM 1001 & CHEM 1002 |
| Miami University-Oxford | 3 | 4 hours, CHM 111 and CHM 111L | 10 hours, CHM 141, CHM 142, CHM 144 and CHM 145 |
| Michigan State | 3 | 5 credits, CEM 141 and CEM 161 | 9 credits, CEM 151, CEM 152 and CEM 161 |
| Mississippi State University | 3 | 3 hours, CH 1213 | 6 hours, CH 1213 and CH 1223 |
| NC State | 3 | 4 hours, CH 101 and CH 102 | 8 hours, CH 101, CH 102, CH 201 and CH 202 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 403 | 8 credits, CHEM 403 & CHEM 404 |
| North Texas | 3 | 3 hours, CHEM 1360 | 8 hours, CHEM 1410/CHEM 1430, CHEM 1420/CHEM 1440 |
| Ohio State | 3 | Chemistry 1110 (5) | Chemistry 1210 (5) (score 4+) |
| Ole Miss | 3 | 4 hours, CHEM 1050 and CHEM 1051 | Same |
| Oregon State University | 3 | 5 credits, CH 121 | 15 credits, CH 221Z/227Z, CH 222Z/228Z and CH 223Z/229Z |
| Pitt | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 0110 | 8 credits, CHEM 0110 and CHEM 0120 |
| Purdue | 3 | CHM 11100 | CHM 11510, 11520, 11610 and 11620 (score 4 or 5) |
| San Diego State | 3 | 6 units, CHEM 200 and CHEM 201 | Same |
| San Jose State University | 3 | 6 units, CHEM 30A | Same |
| Santa Clara | 3 | 5 quarter units, CHEM 11T | Same |
| Stony Brook | 3 | 3 credits, no course equivalent | 4 credits, CHE 131 (waiver of CHE 133) |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 3 | CHEM 119, 4 credit hours | CHEM 119 and 120, 8 credit hours (required score 4) |
| Texas Tech | 3 | 8 hours, CHEM 1305, 1306 and labs 1105, 1106 | 8 hours, CHEM 1307, 1308 and labs 1107, 1108 |
| The University of Alabama | 3 | 4 credits, CH 104 | 8 credits, CH 101 and CH 102 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 3 | 3 hours, CHEM lower-level transfer elective | 8 hours, CHEM 1311, 1111, 1312, 1112 |
| UC Berkeley | 3 | 5.3 semester units | Same |
| UC Davis | 3 | 8 quarter units, CHE 010 | 8 quarter units, CHE 002A |
| UC Irvine | 3 | 8 units elective credit | Chemistry 1A or Engineering 1A plus 4 units elective credit |
| UC San Diego | 3 | 8 units; score of 3 exempts CHEM 4 | 8 units; score of 5 exempts CHEM 6A, 6B, 6C |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3 | 8 units; one Science, Mathematics, and Technology GE course; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement | Same |
| UC Santa Cruz | 3 | 8 units, no course equivalent | 8 units, CHEM 3A and 3B |
| UCLA | 3 | 8.0 units, CHEM Introductory | 8.0 units, CHEM General (score 4-5) |
| UGA | 3 | CHEM 1110 + CHEM 1110L (4 credit hours) | CHEM 1211 + CHEM 1211L (4 credit hours) and CHEM 1212 + CHEM 1212L (4 credit hours) |
| UIC | 3 | 5 hours, CHEM 100 | 10 hours, CHEM 122, 123, 124 and 125 |
| UIUC | 3 | CHEM 102, lecture only, 3 credit hours (CHEM 103 lab credit is not awarded for AP) | CHEM 102 and CHEM 104, lectures only, 3 and 3 credit hours (score 4 or 5) |
| UNC Chapel Hill | 3 | CHEM 101, 101L; 4 credit hours | CHEM 101, 101L, 102, 102L; 8 credit hours |
| University at Albany | 3 | 8 credits, ACHM 115 and ACHM 116 | Same |
| University of California-Merced | 3 | 5.3 semester units; exempts Chemistry 001 | Exempts Chemistry 002 and Chemistry 10 |
| University of California-Riverside | 3 | Chemistry 1W plus 5 units elective credit | Same |
| University of Central Florida | 3 | CHM 1020 and 1020L | CHM 2045C, CHM 2046 and CHM 2046L |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 3 | 3 credits, Lower Level Elective | 6 credits, CHEM 131 and CHEM 132; CHEM 271 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 3 | 4 credits, Chem 1400 and 1401 | 8 credits, Chem 1400, 1401, 1410 and 1411 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 105A and CHEM 105L | 4 credits, CHEM 109A and CHEM 109L |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 3 | CHEM 1315 plus 3 elective hours (CHEM 1999) | CHEM 1315 and CHEM 1415 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 3 | CHEM 111 and 111L | CHEM 111, 111L, 112 and 112L |
| University of South Florida | 3 | 4 credits, CHM 2020 and CHM 2020L (not offered at USF) | 8 credits, CHM 2045, CHM 2045L, CHM 2046 and CHM 2046L |
| UT Austin | 3 | CH 301N | CH 301, 302, 104M, 104N (score 4-5) |
| Utah | 3 | 3 hours, CHEM 1010 | 8 hours, CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1220 |
| UW | 3 | CHEM 142, 5 credits | CHEM 142, 152, 162; 5,5,5 credits |
| UW-Madison | 3 | CHEM X15, 3 credits | CHEM 103, 3 credits (score 4-5) |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 3 | 4 credits, CHEM 101 and CHEZ 101 | 8 credits, CHEM 101, CHEZ 101, CHEM 102 and CHEZ 102 |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | CHEM 1015 + CHEM 1025 + CHEM 1016 + CHEM 1026, 3+1+3+1 credits | CHEM 1035 + CHEM 1045 + CHEM 1036 + CHEM 1046, 3+1+3+1 credits (score 4 or 5) |
| Washington State University | 3 | 4 credits, Chemistry 105 (1 lab granted) | 8 credits, Chemistry 105 and 106 (2 labs granted) |
| West Virginia | 3 | 4 credit hours, CHEM 1AP | 4 credit hours, CHEM 116 and 116L |
| Arizona | 4 | 4 units, CHEM 151 | 8 units, CHEM 151 & 152 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 4 | 4 hours, CHM 113 | 8 hours, CHM 113, 116 |
| Auburn University | 4 | 4 hours, CHEM 1030 and 1031 | 8 hours, CHEM 1030, 1031, 1040 and 1041 |
| Barnard College | 4 | 3 points | Same |
| Bates | 4 | Chemistry 107-108 | Same |
| Boston College | 4 | 6 advanced placement units; 2 Natural Science Core | Same |
| Boston University | 4 | 4 credits, CAS CH 131 | Same |
| Bowdoin | 4 | 1 general credit after completing a specified 2000-level chemistry course with a minimum grade of C- | Same |
| Brandeis | 4 | 8 credits, CHEM 11a/b, 18a/b | Same |
| Carleton | 4 | 6 credits toward a chemistry major; placement into Chemistry 224 or 233 | Same |
| Case Western | 4 | 4 credit hours, CHEM 111 | Same |
| Colby College | 4 | 6 credits, CH141 and CH142 | Same |
| Colgate | 4 | 1 course credit, CHEM 100 | Same |
| College of William & Mary | 4 | 4 credits, CHEM 103 and CHEM 103L | 8 credits, CHEM 103, 103L, CHEM elective (3) and CHEM 254 (1) |
| Columbia | 4 | 3 points of credit for students who register for CHEM UN1604, or 6 points for students who register for CHEM UN2045-UN2046; granted only upon completion of the course with a grade of C or better, after a department assessment exam | Same |
| Dartmouth | 4 | Chemistry 5 credit; placement in Chemistry 11 | Same |
| Davidson | 4 | Credit for CHE 115 | Same |
| Denver | 4 | 4 credits, CHEM 1010 and CHEM 1240 | 12 credits: CHEM 1010/1240, CHEM 1020/1250 and CHEM 1XXX |
| Drexel | 4 | 8-10 credits, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102 or CHEM 121 and CHEM 122 | Same |
| Duke | 4 | CHEM 20 | CHEM 21 |
| Emory | 4 | 3 credit hours, CHEM 150 + CHEM 150L | Same |
| George Washington | 4 | 8 credits, CHEM 1111 and CHEM 1112 | Same |
| Georgia Tech | 4 | CHEM 1211K, 4 hours | CHEM 1310, 4 hours |
| Gonzaga | 4 | 3 credits, Chemistry 198 | 3 or 4 credits, Chemistry 198 or Chemistry 101 (1 credit of 101L possible after lab notebook review) |
| Grinnell College | 4 | 4 credits as CHM-129, for major credit | Same |
| Hofstra | 4 | 6 credits, CHEM 3A and CHEM 4A | Same |
| Howard | 4 | 5 credits, CHEM 003, 005 | 10 credits, CHEM 003, 004, 005 & 006 |
| Iowa | 4 | 3 s.h., duplicates CHEM:1070 General Chemistry I | 7 s.h., duplicates CHEM:1110 Principles of Chemistry I |
| Iowa State | 4 | 7 credits, Chemistry 1770, 1780 | Same |
| Johns Hopkins | 4 | 4 credits, AS.030.101 and lab AS.030.105 | 8 credits, AS.030.101 & AS.030.102 and labs AS.030.105-AS.030.106 |
| Loyola Chicago | 4 | 8 hours, CHEM 105 and CHEM 106, or CHEM 101/111 and CHEM 102/112 | Same |
| Michigan | 4 | CHEM 130 (3), CHEM 125 (1)/126 (1), 5 credit hours (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Northeastern | 4 | 5 SH, CHEM1161/1162 (General Chemistry for Science Majors/Lab) | Same |
| Notre Dame | 4 | 3 credits, CHEM 10101 (appears on transcript as CHEM 10091) | 4 credits, CHEM 10171 (appears on transcript as CHEM 10097) |
| NYU | 4 | 8 credits, CHEM-UA 125, CHEM-UA 126 | Same |
| Oberlin | 4 | 1 full course, CHEM 101 | Same |
| Penn State | 4 | Chemistry 110 and 111 (4 credits) | Chemistry 110, 111, 112, and 113 (8 credits) |
| Rice | 4 | 8 credit hours, CHEM 111 (3), CHEM 113 (1), CHEM 112 (3), CHEM 114 (1) | Same |
| Rochester | 4 | 4 credits for CHEM 131 | Same |
| RPI | 4 | 8 credits, CHEM 1100 and CHEM 1200 | Same |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 4 | 01:160:161 & 01:160:171, 5 credits | 01:160:161, 162, 171, 9 credits |
| Seton Hall University | 4 | 6 credits, CHEM 1101 plus 3 credits of chemistry elective | Same |
| Syracuse University | 4 | 4 credits, CHE 103 | 8 credits, CHE 106/107 and CHE 116/117 |
| Temple | 4 | 8 credits, Chemistry 1031/1033 & Chemistry 1032/1034 | Same |
| Texas Christian University | 4 | 3 hours, CHEM 10113 | 8 hours, CHEM 10113 and CHEM 10125 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 4 | CHEM 122-123 and CHEM 132-133 | Same |
| Tulane | 4 | 4 credit hours, CHEM 1070/1075 | 8 credit hours, CHEM 1070/1075 and CHEM 1080/1085 |
| UConn | 4 | 8 credits, CHEM 1127Q and 1128Q | Same |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 4 | 4 credits, Chem 111 | Same |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 4 | 4 credits, Chemistry 1061 and 1065 | 8 credits, Chemistry 1061, 1062, 1065 and 1066 |
| USC | 4 | 4 semester units of elective credit; satisfies GE-E: Physical Sciences; prerequisite CHEM 105aL can be waived | Same |
| UVA | 4 | 6 credits for CHEM 1410 and 1420; no laboratory credit given (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Vermont | 4 | 4 credits, CHEM 1400 | 8 credits, CHEM 1400 and CHEM 1450 |
| Villanova | 4 | 10 credits, CHM 1103, CHM 1104, CHM 1151 and CHM 1152 | Same |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 7 hours, CHM 111/Lab and CHM 280 | Same |
| WashU | 4 | 3 units of CHEM 1030 | 3 units of credit for CHEM 1030 and 3 units for credit for CHEM 1040 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 5 | 10 units, 09-105, Introduction to Modern Chemistry I | Same |
| Cornell | 5 | 4 credits; placement out of CHEM 2070 & CHEM 2071 or CHEM 2090 & CHEM 2091 | Same |
| Georgetown University | 5 | three credits | Same |
| Hamilton | 5 | 1 credit after placing into and completing Chemistry 190 with a grade of C- or better | Same |
| Lehigh | 5 | 4 credits, CHM 030 | Same |
| Miami | 5 | 5 credits, CHM 121, 113 | Same |
| Northwestern | 5 | 1 unit (CHEM 1XX) | Same |
| Penn | 5 | EAS 091 (1 c.u.), for Engineering students only; NURS 0061 (0.5 c.u.), for Nursing students only | Same |
| Princeton | 5 | Fulfills one semester of General Chemistry; recommended placement CHM 215 or CHM 202 (no course credit) | Same |
| Southern Methodist University | 5 | 4 hours, CHEM 1303/CHEM 1113 | Same |
| Stanford University | 5 | 10 units, CHEM 31A/31B or 31E | Same |
| Swarthmore | 5 | No credit; direct access to the CHEM 010 placement exam | Same |
| Tufts | 5 | 10 credits, CHEM 0001 and 0002 | Same |
| University of Chicago | 5 | CHEM 11100 | Same |
| Vanderbilt | 5 | 8 credit hours, CHEM 1601: General Chemistry (3), CHEM 1601L: General Chemistry Laboratory (1), CHEM 1602: General Chemistry (3), CHEM 1602L: General Chemistry Laboratory (1) | Same |
| Wellesley | 5 | 1 unit, CHEM 105 or 205 | Same |
| MIT | None | No credit | |
| Yale University | None | No credit |
Frequently asked questions
Do colleges give credit for a 3 on AP Chemistry?
72 of the 146 colleges listed here do. 128 accept a 4, and 144 accept a 5. 2 give nothing for this exam at any score.
Does a 5 on AP Chemistry 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.
