AP Drawing credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Drawing credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
77 of 105 New York colleges (73%) award credit for AP Drawing at a score of 3. 24 require a 4 and 4 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (6 credit hours). 104 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 University at Buffalo Buffalo | 3 | 6 | APC999TR | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | FCCE | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ART 133, 134 | Policy | |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | Art 499 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 6 | AART E10 , AART E11 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | ART 99902 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 111 | Policy | |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 3 | HUA 103 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | ARTD. 2210 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | ART-1000 | Policy |
| 3 | — | ART 101 - Drawing 1 | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 6 | ART 104 & 900 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 3 | FA010 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 3 | ARTS 1065 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTS 900 | Policy | |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 3 | 3 | FA 999P | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ARS193 and ARS193 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ATS 101Drawing I | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | Electives | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ART 102 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 6 | ART 1501 & ART 1521 | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | ART 221 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | AAD 101 and FAR 1XX | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 3 | 3 | Art Elective | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | FA 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 4 | ART 18888 - Art Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | F/ARTS 1TR, ARTS 1TR | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | ART161 = non-Art majors Art elective for Art majors | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FNAT 8800-Fine Arts Elective | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | ARTW 101 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 3 | ART 1020 | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Drawing elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FA103 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | ARTS 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 999, FIN 999, or ART 997 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | General Elective | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 3 | FPA 203 | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | FAA 220 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTS 000 | Policy | |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Non-liberal arts credit hours | Policy |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 3 | FIA 151 - General Drawing | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | ART 220 | Policy |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 3 | ART 110 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 4 | ARTS 110 | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | FA-2404 Introduction to Studio Art & FA-ELE (Gen Ed - Creative Voices Across Cultures) | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | ART 135 | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 3 | ART-101 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | AR105 | Policy |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 6 | ART 000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 120 | Policy | |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | IMA-106 | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 3 | ART 1001 | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | HUMN 401 | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | ART-AP4 | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 3 | AR 331 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | AEM 101 | Policy | |
 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | ART 205 | Policy |
 Hilbert College Hamburg | 3 | 3 | ART 101 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | ART-ELE | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 4 | ART 211 Drawing I and meets General Education Art & Music | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 3 | ART 101 | — |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CCC Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 4 | 3 | FDTN-111 - Drawing I | Policy |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 4 | 3 | ART 111 | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 4 | 2 | ART 120 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 4 | 3 | VIS 101 | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | ART 140 | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | — | A maximum of four credits in studio arts awarded upon completion of 100-level course with "B" or better. | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | ARTS-1200, Basic Drawing | Policy | |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 3 | ART 902N | Policy |
 Touro University New York | 4 | 6 | COA BLCR | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | CREA 200 | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | ART 183 | Policy |
 Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 3 | ARTS 2001 | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | DA 110 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 4 | 3 | ART 1T1 | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 6 | ART ELECTIVE | Policy |
| 4 | 2 | — | Policy | |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 4 | ART 100 | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Fine Arts Pillar | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 5 | 3 | Studio Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 5 | 3 | ART 105 | Policy |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 5 | 3 | — | Policy |
AP Drawing credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per New York 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 New York colleges give credit for AP Drawing?+
105 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Drawing. 77 of them (73%) award credit at a score of 3, 24 require a 4, and 4 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 Drawing score that earns credit in New York?+
3. University at Buffalo in Buffalo awards credit at a score of 3, worth 6 credit hours, counting as APC999TR. 77 New York colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in New York?+
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 New York AP credit policies?+
104 of the 105 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.
Keep exploring
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.