AP Chinese Language and Culture credit at Illinois colleges
Every Illinois college with a published AP Chinese Language and Culture credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
51 of 61 Illinois colleges (84%) award credit for AP Chinese Language and Culture at a score of 3. 8 require a 4 and 2 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (5 credit hours). 61 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | Chinese 2-- | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | CHIN 103 | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | Chinese 112 | Policy | |
 DePaul University Chicago | 3 | 4 | CHN 103 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FLCH 101 & 102 | Policy | |
 College of Lake County Grayslake | 3 | 4 | CHI 121 | Policy |
 Joliet Junior College Joliet | 3 | 12 | LANG 101E, 102E, 103E | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville | 3 | 4 | CHIN 101 | Policy |
 William Rainey Harper College Palatine | 3 | 4 | CHN 201 | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | 3 | 6 | CHIN 201B & CHIN 390 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | CHN 102 | Policy | |
 Columbia College Chicago Chicago | 3 | 6 | CHIN 101 Chinese I and CHIN 102 Chinese II | Policy |
 Triton College River Grove | 3 | 4 | CHN 101 | Policy |
 Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove | 3 | 6 | CHN 101 & CHN 102 | Policy |
| 3 | 14 | FL 121, 122, 223, 224 | Policy | |
ICC Illinois Central College East Peoria | 3 | 4 | CHN 110 | Policy |
 Eastern Illinois University Charleston | 3 | 4 | FLX Elective-Humanities General Education | Policy |
 Rock Valley College Rockford | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 National Louis University Chicago | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 Aurora University Aurora | 3 | 8 | Foreign Language Elective | Policy |
 Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | CHIN 103/201 | Policy | |
 Bradley University Peoria | 3 | 3 | Chinese 201 | Policy |
| 3 | 8 | CHIN 101 & 102 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | COM 125, 126 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Roosevelt University Chicago | 3 | 3 | HUM 1XX | Policy |
 Governors State University University Park | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais | 3 | 8 | Meets general education intercultural requirement | Policy |
 Prairie State College Chicago Heights | 3 | 4 | General Foreign Language First Semester | Policy |
 Black Hawk College Moline | 3 | — | Elective | Policy |
 Wheaton College Wheaton | 3 | 4 | CHIN 201 | Policy |
 Kankakee Community College Kankakee | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | CHIN 2201 | Policy | |
 Kishwaukee College Malta | 3 | 6 | HUM Elective | Policy |
 Lake Forest College Lake Forest | 3 | 1.0 | CHIN 112 | Policy |
 McKendree University Lebanon | 3 | 3 | Foreign Language Elective | Policy |
 Moody Bible Institute Chicago | 3 | 6 | Open Elective or Humanities Elective | Policy |
 Chicago State University Chicago | 3 | 3 | CHIN 1010 | Policy |
 Richland Community College Decatur | 3 | — | CHIN 101 | Policy |
 Concordia University-Chicago River Forest | 3 | 4 | General Education Humanities | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 Carl Sandburg College Galesburg | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
 Quincy University Quincy | 3 | 3 | Language Elective | Policy |
 Rockford University Rockford | 3 | 3 | TREL 199 | Policy |
 Illinois College Jacksonville | 3 | 4 | Elective | Policy |
 Greenville University Greenville | 3 | 3 | Elementary Chinese I | Policy |
 Trinity Christian College Palos Heights | 3 | 3 | FDN World Cultures | Policy |
 Monmouth College Monmouth | 3 | 4 | CHNS-201 | Policy |
 Eureka College Eureka | 3 | 4 | Elective | Policy |
 Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
 Loyola University Chicago Chicago | 4 | 3 | CHIN 250 or 251 | Policy |
 Northwestern University Evanston | 4 | 1 | Chinese 1LN | Policy |
 Augustana College Rock Island | 4 | 4 | CHNS-202 | Policy |
NCC North Central College Naperville | 4 | 4 | CHNS 102 | Policy |
 Dominican University River Forest | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington | 4 | 1 | ML 201, LA | Policy |
 Knox College Galesburg | 4 | 1 | CHIN 201 | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 University of Chicago Chicago | 5 | — | — | Policy |
 McHenry County College Crystal Lake | 5 | 16 | HUM-NTR & HUM-ITR | Policy |
AP Chinese Language and Culture credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per Illinois college: the lowest score that earns actual credit under the policy that applies to all students, and the largest credit award published at that score. Placement-only policies — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours — are excluded. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced exactly as the college published them; “—” means no value was published and we do not estimate one. A page is published for a state only when at least 8 colleges back it.
Frequently asked questions
Which Illinois colleges give credit for AP Chinese Language and Culture?+
61 colleges in Illinois publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Chinese Language and Culture. 51 of them (84%) award credit at a score of 3, 8 require a 4, and 2 require a 5. The full list, with credit hours and the course each exam replaces, is in the table on this page.
What is the lowest AP Chinese Language and Culture score that earns credit in Illinois?+
3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign awards credit at a score of 3, worth 5 credit hours, counting as Chinese 2--. 51 Illinois colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in Illinois?+
No. AP credit policy is set per institution and applies to admitted students regardless of residency — residency affects tuition rate, not credit awards. What does vary is the school within a university: engineering and nursing colleges commonly set higher bars than arts and sciences. The rules shown here are the ones that apply to all students at each college.
How do I verify these Illinois AP credit policies?+
61 of the 61 colleges on this page link to their own published AP credit page in the Source column; our snapshot was taken July 30, 2026. The college's page is authoritative and can change between admission cycles, so confirm there before building a graduation plan around the credit.
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Data sources: Each college's own published AP / advanced-standing credit page (captured July 30, 2026) · IPEDS institution directory (names, control, location). Figures are the most recent values published in each federal dataset; cells with no published value are shown as “—” and never estimated. Education does not sell rankings or accept placement fees.