AP Credit

AP United States History Credit by College

Of 139 colleges whose AP charts name AP United States History, 63 give credit or placement for a 3, 122 for a 4, and 136 for a 5.

College	Lowest score	What it earns	With a 5
Michigan State	2	Waives HST 202 and HST 203, no credit	8 credits, HST 202 and HST 203
Arkansas	3	Credit for HIST 20003 or HIST 20103	Credit for HIST 20003 and HIST 20103
Binghamton	3	4 credits, elective credit	Same
Buffalo	3	6 credits, HIS 999TR (U.S. history area)	Same
California State University-Long Beach	3	6 units: HIST 172 and HIST 173	Same
Cincinnati	3	6 credits, HIST 1001 and HIST 1002	Same
Clemson	3	3 credits, HIST 1010	6 credits, HIST 1010 and HIST 1020
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	3	3 credits, HIST 150	6 credits, HIST 150 and HIST 151
CU Boulder	3	3 lower-division Arts and Sciences credits	3 credits, HIST 1025
Delaware	3	3 credits, UNIV 166DE (University general elective)	6 credits, HIST 105 & 106
Florida	3	AMH L000 (3 credits; L000 has no UF course equivalent)	AMH 2010 and AMH 2020 (6 credits)
Florida Atlantic University	3	3 credits, AMH 2010	6 credits, AMH 2010 and AMH 2020
Florida International University	3	3 credits, SOC UCC1	6 credits, AMH 2010 and AMH 2020, plus WIR UCC1
Florida State University	3	AMH X000 (3)	AMH 2010 (3), AMH 2020 (3)
George Mason	3	3 credits, HIST 121	6 credits, HIST 121 and 122
Houston	3	3 hours, HIST 1301 or HIST 1302	6 hours, HIST 1301 and HIST 1302
Indiana University-Bloomington	3	3 credit hours, HIST-UN 100 (undistributed)	6 credit hours, HIST-H 105/106
Kansas	3	3 hours, HIST 128	6 hours, HIST 128 and 129
Kentucky	3	6 credit hours, HIS 108 and HIS 109	Same
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	3	3 hours, HIST 2055 or 2057	6 hours, HIST 2055 and 2057
Miami University-Oxford	3	6 hours, HST 111 and HST 112	Same
Mississippi State University	3	3 hours, HI 1063	6 hours, HI 1063 and HI 1073
NC State	3	3 hours, HI 253	6 hours, HI 253 and HI 254
New Hampshire	3	4 credits, HIST 410	8 credits, HIST 405 & HIST 406
North Texas	3	6 hours, HIST 2610, HIST 2620	Same
Ohio State	3	History 1151 (3); History 1152 (3) (score 3+)	Same
Ole Miss	3	3 hours, HST 1xx	Same
Oregon State University	3	8 credits, HST 201Z and HST 202Z	Same
Purdue	3	HIST 1XXXX (undistributed credit)	HIST 15100 and 15200 (score 4 or 5)
San Diego State	3	6 units, HIST 109 and HIST 110	Same
San Jose State University	3	6 units, HIST 20A and HIST 20B	Same
Stony Brook	3	3 credits, no course equivalent	6 credits, HIS 103 and HIS 104
Texas A&M University-College Station	3	HIST 105 and 106, 6 credit hours	Same
Texas Tech	3	6 hours, HIST 2300 and HIST 2301	Same
The University of Texas at Dallas	3	3 hours, HIST 1301	6 hours, HIST 1301 and 1302
UC Berkeley	3	5.3 semester units; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement	Same
UC Davis	3	8 quarter units, HIS 017A & HIS 017B	Same
UC Irvine	3	8 units elective credit; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement	Subject credit for one course toward History 40A-40B-40C and GE category IV, plus elective credit
UC San Diego	3	8 units; exempts 2 quarters US history; satisfies American History and Institutions	Same
UC Santa Barbara	3	8 units; one Social Sciences GE course; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement	Same
UC Santa Cruz	3	8 units, satisfies American History and Institutions	Same
UCLA	3	8.0 units, HIST United States; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement	Same
UIC	3	3 hours, History credit	6 hours, HIST 103 and HIST 104
UIUC	3	HIST 1-- (elective credit), 3 credit hours (score 3, 4 or 5)	Same
UNC Chapel Hill	3	HIST 102, 3 credit hours	Same
University at Albany	3	6 credits, AHIS E10 and AHIS E11	6 credits, AHIS 100 and AHIS 101
University of California-Merced	3	5.3 semester units	Exempts History 16 and 17 (score of 4 or 5)
University of California-Riverside	3	History 17A and 17B	Same
University of Central Florida	3	AMH 2000	AMH 2010 and AMH 2020
University of Maryland-College Park	3	3 credits, Lower Level Elective	6 credits, HIST 200 and HIST 201
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	3	3 credits, History 1301W & 1302W	Same
University of Missouri-Columbia	3	5 credits, Hist 1400	Same
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	3	HIST 1483 and HIST 1493	Same
University of South Carolina-Columbia	3	HIST 111	HIST 111 and 112
University of South Florida	3	3 credits, AMH 1000 (not offered at USF)	6 credits, AMH 2010 and AMH 2020
UT Austin	3	HIS 315L (score 3-5)	Same
Utah	3	3 hours, HIST 1700	Same
UW	3	HSTAA 100, 5 credits	HSTAA 101, 5 credits (score 4, 5)
UW-Madison	3	GEN ELCT X12, 3 credits	HISTORY X13, 3 credits (score 4-5)
Virginia Commonwealth University	3	6 credits, HIST 103 and HIST 104	Same
Virginia Tech	3	HIST 1115, 3 credits	HIST 1115 + HIST 1116, 3+3 credits (score 4 or 5)
Washington State University	3	3 credits, History 110	Same
West Virginia	3	3 credit hours, HIST 153	Same
Arizona	4	3 units, HIST 150C3	Same
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	4	6 hours, HST 109, 110 (score 5 or 4)	Same
Auburn University	4	6 hours, HIST 2010 and 2020	Same
Barnard College	4	3 points	6 points
Bates	4	2 unspecified credits	Same
Baylor	4	History 1365 and 1366	Same
Boston College	4	6 advanced placement units; units included when students apply for Advanced Standing, no University Core/department placement earned	Same
Boston University	4	4 credits, elective credit granted; no specific course equivalent	Same
Bowdoin	4	1 general credit after completing a HIST 2000-level or higher course with a minimum grade of B; no major/minor credit	Same
Brandeis	4	4 credits, no course equivalent	Same
Carleton	4	6 credits (count toward a history major, United States field)	Same
Colby College	4	6 credits, generic History credit	Same
Colgate	4	1 course credit split as HIST 103 (0.5) and HIST 104 (0.5)	Same
Denver	4	4 credits, HIST 1XXX elective	Same
DePaul University	4	4 credits, one from HST 181, 182 or 183	8 credits, two from HST 181, 182 or 183
Drexel	4	4 credits, HIST 201	Same
Duke	4	HIST 23 and 24	Same
George Washington	4	6 credits, HIST 1310 and HIST 1311	Same
Georgia Tech	4	HIST 2111, 3 hours (score 4 or 5)	Same
Gonzaga	4	3 credits, History 103	Same
Grinnell College	4	4 credits in Social Studies Division, not for major credit	Same
Hamilton	4	1 credit after a writing-intensive 100-level History course with a grade of C- or better	Same
Hofstra	4	3 credits, HIST 3A	Same
Howard	4	3 credits, HIST 009	6 credits, HIST 009 & HIST 010
Iowa	4	3 s.h., General Education Historical Perspectives or elective hours	Same
Iowa State	4	6 credits, History 2210, 2220	Same
James Madison	4	4 credits, HIST 225	Same
Loyola Chicago	4	6 hours, HIST 211 and HIST 212	Same
Marquette	4	6 credits, HIST 1120 & HIST 1121	Same
Michigan	4	100 level History, 4 credit hours (score 4 or 5)	Same
Northeastern	4	4 SH, HIST1130 (Introduction to the History of the United States)	Same
NYU	4	4 credits, No course equivalent	Same
Oberlin	4	1 full course, HIST 099, not for major credit	Same
Penn State	4	3 general credits of History as a Gen Ed-Humanities and University Requirement: US Cultures (grade of four or five)	Same
Pitt	4	3 credits, HIST 0600 or HIST 0601	Same
Rice	4	3 credit hours, HIST 105	Same
RPI	4	4 credits, STSO 1000 (STSO elective)	Same
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	4	01:512:103, 3 credits (score 4 or 5)	Same
Santa Clara	4	4 quarter units, HIST 96AT or 96BT	Same
Seton Hall University	4	6 credits, general elective	Same
Southern Methodist University	4	6 hours, HIST 20XX and HIST 20YY	Same
Swarthmore	4	1 credit after passing a Swarthmore history course with a C or better	Same
Syracuse University	4	6 credits, HST 101 and HST 102	Same
Temple	4	6 credits, History 1101 & History 1102	Same
Texas Christian University	4	6 hours, HIST 10603 and HIST 10613	Same
The University of Alabama	4	6 credits, HY 103 and HY 104	Same
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	4	HIUS 221-222	Same
Tulane	4	3 credit hours, HISU 1420	Same
UConn	4	3 credits, HIST 1502	Same
UGA	4	HIST 2111 (3 credit hours)	Same
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	4	8 credits, History 150 & 151	Same
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	4	6 credits, HIST 110 and HIST 111	Same
USC	4	4 semester units of elective credit; satisfies GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations	Same
UVA	4	3 credits for HIST 1000T (score 4 or 5)	Same
Vanderbilt	4	3 credit hours, HIST No Equivalent: U.S. History	Same
Vermont	4	3 credits, HST 1160	Same
Villanova	4	3 credits, HIS 1002 or HIS 1003	Same
Wake Forest	4	3 hours, HST 150	Same
WashU	4	3 units of elective credit for HISTORY 1996	3 units of credit for HISTORY 1145
Brown	5	Students who successfully complete one 1000-level US history course offered by the Brown History department can request one unassigned HIST course notation retroactively	Same
Carnegie Mellon University	5	9 units, 79-012, AP United States History	Same
Case Western	5	3 credit hours, HSTY 100-TR, only after completing the 1 credit hour HSTY 100	Same
College of William & Mary	5	6 credits, HIST 121 and HIST 122	Same
Davidson	5	Credit for HIS 199C	Same
Emory	5	3 credit hours; Emory awards elective credit that may count towards the major according to policies laid out by the department	Same
Georgetown University	5	three credits	Same
Lehigh	5	4 credits, HIST 099	Same
Miami	5	3 credits, HIS 101	Same
Northwestern	5	2 units (HISTORY 2US)	Same
Notre Dame	5	3 credits, HIST 10010 (appears on transcript as HIST 10091)	Same
Rochester	5	Elective credit (maximum of four credits in History)	Same
University of Chicago	5	100 units general elective credit	Same
Wellesley	5	1 unit, no exact equivalent	Same
Cornell	None	No credit
Penn	None	No credit
Stanford University	None	No credit

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Frequently asked questions

Do colleges give credit for a 3 on AP United States History?

63 of the 139 colleges listed here do. 122 accept a 4, and 136 accept a 5. 3 give nothing for this exam at any score.

Does a 5 on AP United States History 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.