AP French Language and Culture credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP French Language and Culture credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
82 of 111 New York colleges (74%) award credit for AP French Language and Culture at a score of 3. 27 require a 4 and 2 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 2 at SUNY College of Technology at Canton (4 credit hours). 109 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | FREN 101: Contemporary French I | Policy | |
 University at Buffalo Buffalo | 3 | 3 | FR112DIS | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | FRN 211 | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | 4 | Intermediate Level I | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | FREN 202 | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | LAS-7000 | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 3 | 4 | FRE 102 | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | FREN 211 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FRE 101, 102, OR FRE 102, 201 OR FRE 201, 202 | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | Free 100 - Free Elective Credit | Policy |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | FREN 499 | Policy |
| 3 | — | FREN 2201 | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 8 | AFRE 221Y , AFRE 222Y | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | FREN 12400 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FRE 101 FRE 102 | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | FRE 102 | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 6 | ELF 101 & ELF 102 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 12 | FREN.-1010 & FREN.-1020 & FREN.-2021 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | FRE-1000 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 4 | FRN 114 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 3 | 3 | FRE 204 | Policy |
| 3 | — | FREN 102 - Elementary French 2 | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 6 | FRE 101 & 102 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 6 | FR111 & FR112 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 6 | FREN 1005 and FREN 1010 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FREN 100 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | FRN 201 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | FRE 202 Intermediate French II | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | FRN 111 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | FRE 101 & 102 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 6 | FREN115+FREN116 | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 3 | FRE 111 | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 6 | FRN 111 and FRN 112 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FRE101 and FRE 102 | Policy | |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 3 | 3 | FREN 105L | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | FREN 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 4 | FREN 10200 | Policy |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | ML 1000, ML 1010 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | FREN 101, FREN 102 | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | FRE 111 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GEWL 9100-General Ed Elect: World Language | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | FRE 201 & 202 | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | FREN 101, FREN 102 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 12 | FRE 1010, FRE 1020, FRE 2010 (Awarded with a 4), FRE GNED (Awarded with a 5) | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Intermediate French I | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FR101 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 6 | FRN 101 & FRN 102 | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | FREN 215 and FREN 216 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FRE 101 & FRE 102 | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 6 | FRE Core & FRE Elective | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | FRE 101 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HUMN 100 | Policy | |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 6 | FRE 101 - Beginning French I and FRE 102 - Beginning French II | Policy |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 6 | FRE 102 and FRE 201 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | FRE-1101 Beginning Year French I, & FRE-1102 Beginning Year French II | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 3 | 6 | FRN 101, FRN 102 | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | FRE 101 | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 103 in tested language | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 6 | FRE-101 & FRE-102 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | FR107 | Policy |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 6 | FRE 121 and FRE 122 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FREN 101 and FREN 102 | Policy | |
 Alfred University Alfred | 3 | 4 | FREN 102 | Policy |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | FRE-201 | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 3 | 8 | FRE 201, 202 | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 8 | FRN 1001, 1002 | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | GERF 000 General Education: World Languages | Policy |
 LIM College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | FREN-101 | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 6 | FR 111, FR 112 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FRE 201 | Policy | |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | FR 101 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | LAN-ELE | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 3 | Global Competence General Education | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 6 | FRE 201 AND FRE 202 | — |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CCC Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | 16 | — | Policy |
 New York University New York | 4 | 4 | FREN-UA 30 | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | FRE 280 | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | — | Placement by department in FREN 200. Credit granted for FREN 153 upon completion of FREN 200 with grade of “A-” or better. | Policy |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 4 | 3 | FREN 4 | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | LANG 1000 | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 6 | FRE111, FRE112 | Policy |
 Rockland Community College Suffern | 4 | 4 | FRE 201 | — |
 Touro University New York | 4 | 6 | LLF 101-102 | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | FREN 201 | Policy |
 Barnard College New York | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 4 | 4 | FRE 101 | Policy |
 Colgate University Hamilton | 4 | 1 | FREN 202 | Policy |
 Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 6 | FREN 1201, 1202 | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 4 | 3 | LFRN 112 | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | LANG 150 | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 4 | 3 | FRN 201 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | One additional three-credit modern language core course in the same language at the appropriate level; or two three-credit courses in a second language of their choice | Policy | |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | FR-103 | Policy |
 St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 4 | 6 | FREN 101, 102 | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 6 | FREN 101/102 | Policy |
| 4 | 2 | — | Policy | |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Humanities and Languages Pillar | Policy |
| 5 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP French Language and Culture 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 French Language and Culture?+
111 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP French Language and Culture. 82 of them (74%) award credit at a score of 3, 27 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 French Language and Culture score that earns credit in New York?+
2. SUNY College of Technology at Canton in Canton awards credit at a score of 2, worth 4 credit hours, counting as FREN 101: Contemporary French I. 82 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?+
109 of the 111 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.