AP Credit
AP Psychology Credit by College
Of 142 colleges whose AP charts name AP Psychology, 67 give credit or placement for a 3, 124 for a 4, and 137 for a 5.
| College | Lowest score | What it earns | With a 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3 | Credit for PSYC 20003 | Same |
| Binghamton | 3 | 4 credits, LART XXX | 4 credits, PSYC 111 |
| Buffalo | 3 | 3 credits, general exam credit | 3 credits, PSY 101 |
| California State University-Long Beach | 3 | 3 units, PSY 100 | Same |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 3 credits, PSYC 1001 | Same |
| Clemson | 3 | 3 credits, PSYC 2010 | Same |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 3 | 3 credits, PSY 1++3C (general credit) | 3 credits, PSY 100 |
| CU Boulder | 3 | 3 lower-division Arts and Sciences credits | 3 credits, PSYC 1001 |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 credits, UNIV 166DE (University general elective) | 3 credits, PSYC 100 |
| Florida | 3 | PSY 2012 (3 credits) | Same |
| Florida Atlantic University | 3 | 3 credits, PSY 1012 | Same |
| Florida International University | 3 | 3 credits, PSY 2012 | Same |
| Florida State University | 3 | PSY 2012 (3) | Same |
| George Mason | 3 | 3 credits, PSYC 100 | Same |
| Houston | 3 | 3 hours, PSYC 2301 | Same |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | 3 | 3 credit hours, PSY-UN 100 (undistributed) | 3 credit hours, PSY-P 155 |
| Kansas | 3 | 3 hours, PSYC 104 | Same |
| Kentucky | 3 | 4 credit hours, PSY 100 | Same |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 3 | 3 hours, PSYC 2000 | Same |
| Miami University-Oxford | 3 | 3 hours, PSY 111 | Same |
| Mississippi State University | 3 | 3 hours, PSY 1013 | Same |
| NC State | 3 | 3 hours, PSY 200 | Same |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 4 credits, Social Sciences (SS) Discovery credit | 4 credits, PSYC 401 |
| North Texas | 3 | 3 hours, PSYC 1630 | Same |
| Ohio State | 3 | PSYCH 1100 (3) (score 3+) | Same |
| Ole Miss | 3 | 3 hours, PSYC 2001 | Same |
| Oregon State University | 3 | 4 credits, PSY 201Z | Same |
| Purdue | 3 | PSY 1XXXX (undistributed credit) | PSY 12000 (score 4 or 5) |
| San Diego State | 3 | 3 units, PSY 101 | Same |
| San Jose State University | 3 | 3 units, PSYC 1 | Same |
| Stony Brook | 3 | 3 credits, no course equivalent | 3 credits, PSY 103 |
| Temple | 3 | 3 credits, Psychology 1001 | Same |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 3 | PBSI 107, 3 credit hours | Same |
| Texas Tech | 3 | 3 hours, PSY 1300 | Same |
| The University of Alabama | 3 | 3 credits, PY 101 | Same |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 3 | PSYC 110 | Same |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 3 | 3 hours, PSY 2301 | Same |
| UC Berkeley | 3 | 2.6 semester units | Same |
| UC Davis | 3 | 4 quarter units, no course equivalent | 4 quarter units, PSC 001 |
| UC Irvine | 3 | 4 units elective credit | 4 units, Psychological Science 9 or Cognitive Sciences 7A |
| UC San Diego | 3 | 4 units; no course exemption listed for a score of 3 | 4 units; score of 4 or 5 exempts PSYC 1 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3 | 4 units; one Social Science GE course | Same |
| UC Santa Cruz | 3 | 4 units, no course equivalent | 4 units, PSYC 1 |
| UCLA | 3 | 4.0 units, PSYCH Unassigned | 4.0 units, PSYCH 10 (score 4-5) |
| UGA | 3 | PSYC 1101 (3 credit hours) | Same |
| UIC | 3 | 3 hours, Psychology credit | 4 hours, PSCH 100 |
| UIUC | 3 | PSYC 1-- (elective credit), 3 credit hours (score 3 or 4) | PSYC 100, 4 credit hours |
| UNC Chapel Hill | 3 | PSYC ELECTIVE, 3 credit hours | PSYC 101, 3 credit hours (minimum score 4) |
| University at Albany | 3 | 3 credits, APSY 101 | Same |
| University of California-Merced | 3 | 2.6 semester units | Exempts Psychology 1 (score of 4 or 5) |
| University of California-Riverside | 3 | 4 units Social Sciences (Psychology) breadth credit | Psychology 2 |
| University of Central Florida | 3 | PSY 2012 | Same |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 3 | 3 credits, Lower Level Elective | 3 credits, PSYC 100 (score 4 or 5) |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 3 | 3 credits, Psych 1000 | Same |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 3 | 4 credits, PSYC 181 | Same |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 3 | PSY 1113 | Same |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 3 | PSYC 101 | Same |
| University of South Florida | 3 | 3 credits, PSY 2012 | Same |
| UT Austin | 3 | PSY 301 (score 3-5) | Same |
| Utah | 3 | 4 hours, PSY 1010 | Same |
| UVA | 3 | 3 credits for PSYC 1010 (score 3, 4 or 5) | Same |
| UW | 3 | PSYCH 101, 5 credits (score 3, 4, 5) | Same |
| UW-Madison | 3 | PSYCH X19, 3 credits | PSYCH 202, 3 credits (score 4-5) |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 3 | 4 credits, PSYC 101 | Same |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | PSYC 1XXX (Psychology Elective), 3 credits | PSYC 1004, 3 credits (score 4 or 5) |
| Washington State University | 3 | 3 credits, Psychology 105 | Same |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 credit hours, PSYC 101 | Same |
| Arizona | 4 | 3 units, PSY 101 | Same |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 4 | 3 hours, PSY 101 (score 5 or 4) | Same |
| Auburn University | 4 | 3 hours, PSYC 2010 | Same |
| Barnard College | 4 | 3 points | Same |
| Bates | 4 | Course 101 (as listed on the chart) | Same |
| Baylor | 4 | Psychology 1305 | Same |
| Boston College | 4 | 3 advanced placement units; 1 Social Science Core | Same |
| Boston University | 4 | 4 credits, CAS PS 101 | Same |
| Brandeis | 4 | 4 credits, PSYC 10a | Same |
| Carleton | 4 | 6 credits and exemption from Psychology 110 | Same |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 4 | 9 units, 85-011, AP Psychology | Same |
| Case Western | 4 | 3 credit hours, PSCL 101 | Same |
| Colby College | 4 | 3 credits, PS111 | Same |
| College of William & Mary | 4 | Exemption from PSYC 201 and 202, no credit | 6 credits, PSYC 201 and PSYC 202 |
| Cornell | 4 | 3 credits; placement out of PSYCH 1101 | Same |
| Davidson | 4 | Credit for PSY 101 | Same |
| Denver | 4 | 4 credits, PSYC 1001 | 8 credits, PSYC 1001 and PSYC 1XXX |
| DePaul University | 4 | 8 credits, PSY 105 and PSY 106 | Same |
| Drexel | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 101 | Same |
| George Washington | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 1001 | Same |
| Georgia Tech | 4 | PSYC 1101, 3 hours (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Gonzaga | 4 | 3 credits, Psychology 101 | Same |
| Grinnell College | 4 | 4 credits as PSY-113, not for major credit | Same |
| Hofstra | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 1 | Same |
| Howard | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 050 | Same |
| Iowa | 4 | 3 s.h., duplicates PSY:1001 Elementary Psychology | Same |
| Iowa State | 4 | 3 credits, Psychology 1010 | Same |
| James Madison | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 101 | Same |
| Lehigh | 4 | 4 credits, PSYC 001 | Same |
| Loyola Chicago | 4 | 3 hours, PSYC 101 | Same |
| Marquette | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 1001 | Same |
| Miami | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 110 | Same |
| Michigan | 4 | Psychology 111, 4 credit hours (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Michigan State | 4 | 4 credits, PSY 101 | Same |
| Northeastern | 4 | 4 SH, PSYC1101 (Foundations of Psychology) | Same |
| NYU | 4 | 4 credits, PSYCH-UA 1 | Same |
| Oberlin | 4 | 1 full course, PSYC 100 | Same |
| Penn State | 4 | three general credits of Psychology as a Gen Ed-Social Science | Psychology 100 (3 credits) |
| Pitt | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 0010 | Same |
| Rice | 4 | 3 credit hours, PSYC 100 | Same |
| Rochester | 4 | Credit for PSYC 101 | Same |
| RPI | 4 | 4 credits, PSYC 1200 | Same |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 4 | 01:830:101, 3 credits (score 4 or 5) | Same |
| Santa Clara | 4 | 4 quarter units, PSYC 2 | Same |
| Seton Hall University | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 1101 | Same |
| Southern Methodist University | 4 | 3 hours, PSYC 1300 | Same |
| Syracuse University | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 205 | Same |
| Texas Christian University | 4 | 3 hours, PSYC 10213 | Same |
| Tufts | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 0001 | Same |
| Tulane | 4 | 3 credit hours, PSYC 1000 | Same |
| UConn | 4 | 3 credits, PSYC 1000-level | Same |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 4 | 4 credits, Psych 100 | Same |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 4 | 4 credits, Psychology 1001 | Same |
| USC | 4 | 4 semester units of elective credit; prerequisite PSYC 100 can be waived | Same |
| Vermont | 4 | 3 credits, PSYS 1400 | Same |
| Villanova | 4 | 3 credits, PSY 1000 | Same |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 3 hours, PSY 151 | Same |
| Claremont McKenna | 5 | No credit, may take a psychology course numbered below 100 in place of PSYC 030 | Same |
| Colgate | 5 | 1 course credit, PSYC 109 | Same |
| Columbia | 5 | Meets the Science of Psychology requirement; does not count as a course toward the program (the department page does not state a number of credits) | Same |
| Duke | 5 | PSYCHOLOGY 11 | Same |
| Emory | 5 | 3 credit hours, PSYC 111 | Same |
| Hamilton | 5 | Placement into a 200-level course; 1 credit after PSYCH/NEURO 201 with a grade of B or better | Same |
| Northwestern | 5 | 1 unit (PSYCH 110-0) | Same |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 3 credits, PSY 10000 (appears on transcript as PSY 10092) | Same |
| Penn | 5 | Psychology 0001 Waiver | Same |
| Swarthmore | 5 | No credit; possible placement out of Intro Psychology | Same |
| Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 credit hours, PSY 1200: General Psychology | Same |
| WashU | 5 | Proficiency for the PSYCH 1000 Introduction to Psychology requirement, but no college credit is awarded | Same |
| Wellesley | 5 | 1 unit, PSYC 101 | Same |
| Bowdoin | None | No credit; meets the prerequisite for courses requiring PSYC 1101 | |
| Brown | None | No credit | |
| Georgetown University | None | No credit | |
| Stanford University | None | No credit | |
| University of Chicago | None | No credit |
Frequently asked questions
Do colleges give credit for a 3 on AP Psychology?
67 of the 142 colleges listed here do. 124 accept a 4, and 137 accept a 5. 5 give nothing for this exam at any score.
Does a 5 on AP Psychology 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.
