AP German Language and Culture credit: what score you need
The minimum qualifying score, credit hours and course equivalent at 1,639 colleges that publish an AP German Language and Culture policy.
Quick answer
1,359 of 1,639 colleges (83%) award credit for AP German Language and Culture at a score of 3. 261 require a 4 and 19 require a 5. The most commonly awarded amount is 6 credit hours. Each row below links to the college’s own published policy page. Data captured July 30, 2026.
Placement is not credit
A further 15 colleges publish an AP German Language and Culture policy that grants placement only — you may skip the introductory course, but you earn no credit hours toward the degree and the cost of those hours does not go away. Those colleges are deliberately excluded from the counts above.
Colleges that award credit for AP German Language and Culture
Showing 120 of 1,639 colleges, lowest qualifying score first. Narrow by state below for the full list in your state.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan | 1 | 0 | Waive GRM 101 | Policy |
 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia | 2 | 0 | GRMN 1001 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | 2 | 8 | GERM 1441 & 1442 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas | 2 | 8 | GER 1014, GER 1024 | Policy |
 Austin Community College District Austin, Texas | 2 | — | 1411 & 1412 | Policy |
 Tarleton State University Stephenville, Texas | 2 | 4 | GERM 1411 | Policy |
 Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, Indiana | 2 | 3 | GER-G 101 | Policy |
 Indiana University-Southeast New Albany, Indiana | 2 | 4 | GER-G 100 | Policy |
CUA The Catholic University of America Washington, District of Columbia | 2 | 3 | GERM 101 | Policy |
 SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, New York | 2 | 3 | General Elective | Policy |
 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire | 3 | 12 | LAN Elective | Policy |
 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, Arizona | 3 | 8 | GER 201, 202 | Policy |
 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, Texas | 3 | 8 | GERM 101, 102 | Policy |
 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida | 3 | — | GER 2200 | Policy |
 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana | 3 | 8 | Foreign Language Elective | Policy |
 Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia | 3 | 12 | GRMN 101 Elementary German I GRMN 102 Elementary German II GRMN 201 Intermediate German I GRMN 201 Intermediate German II | Policy |
 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland | 3 | 12 | GERM 211 and elective | Policy |
 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, Texas | 3 | 8 | GERM 1411 and 1412 | Policy |
 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, Ohio | 3 | 8 | German 1101 & 1102 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas | 3 | 6 | GER 506, 507; or GER 604 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho | 3 | 8 | GER 101 and GER 102 | Policy |
 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona | 3 | 8 | GER 201 & 202 | Policy |
 Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, Texas | 3 | 4 | GERM 1411 | Policy |
 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, Indiana | 3 | — | GER 10100 & 10200 | Policy |
 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia | 3 | 6 | GRMN 1001 & 1002 | Policy |
 Florida International University Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | XXX 2200 | Policy |
 Houston Community College Houston, Texas | 3 | 8 | GERM 1411-2 Beginning German I-II | Policy |
 University of Houston Houston, Texas | 3 | 10 | GERM 1501, GERM 1502 | Policy |
 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California | 3 | 6 | GRMN 101 (3), GRMN 102 (3) | Policy |
 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana | 3 | 8 | GER-G 100/150 | Policy |
 University of South Florida Tampa, Florida | 3 | 3 | GER 2200 (3) | Policy |
 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | GERMAN X13 | Policy |
 Valencia College Orlando, Florida | 3 | 3 | GER 2200 | Policy |
 Miami Dade College Miami, Florida | 3 | 4 | GER 2220 | Policy |
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois | 3 | 8 | German 103 and 104 | Policy |
 Texas State University San Marcos, Texas | 3 | 14 | GER 1410, 1420, 2310 & 2320 | Policy |
 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | GERM 201A & GERM electives | Policy |
 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida | 3 | 3 | GER 2200 | Policy |
 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California | 3 | 8 | LIFR/LIGM/LIIT/LISP 1C/1CX | Policy |
 University of North Texas Denton, Texas | 3 | 6 | GERM 1010 & 1020 | Policy |
 San Diego State University San Diego, California | 3 | 6 | GERMN 202 | Policy |
 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan | 3 | 4 | German 231 | Policy |
 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 8 | GERMAN 3 | Policy |
 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas | 3 | 10 | GERM 1501 & 1502 | Policy |
 California State University-Northridge Northridge, California | 3 | 6 | Consult MCLL Chair | Policy |
 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 | 8 | GN 101, GN 102 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah | 3 | 8 | GERM 101, 102 | Policy |
 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | 3 | 4 | GER 2220 | Policy |
 University of California-Davis Davis, California | 3 | 8 | GER 003 | Policy |
 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington | 3 | 5 | GERMAN 201 | Policy |
 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado | 3 | 4 | GRMN 2010 | Policy |
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GER 2XXX(ELECTIVE) | Policy |
 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, Maryland | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective | Policy |
 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon | 3 | 12 | GER 211,212,213 | Policy |
 University of California-Irvine Irvine, California | 3 | 8 | GERMAN 1A-GERMAN 1B-GERMAN 1C. Satisfies category VI of the UCI GE requirement | Policy |
 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 | 8 | GERM 1101 and 1102 | Policy |
 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, Ohio | 3 | 10 | GRMN 1001 & GRMN 1002 | Policy |
 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | 6 | GERM 211-212 | Policy |
 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, South Carolina | 3 | 4 | GERM 121 | Policy |
 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California | 3 | 6 | GERM 2A & Foreign Language Requirement | Policy |
 College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 4 | GER 111 | Policy |
 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3 | 3 | GERM 10103, GERM 10203 & GERM 20103 | Policy |
 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 3 | GRMN 2001 | Policy |
 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia | 3 | 6 | GERM 110 | Policy |
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas | 3 | 3 | GERM 1311 | Policy |
 San Jose State University San Jose, California | 3 | 6 | GERM 001A | Policy |
 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | WLG 102 | Policy |
 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah | 3 | 8 | GERM 1010 & GERM 1020 | Policy |
 Collin County Community College District McKinney, Texas | 3 | 8 | GERM 1411 & 1412 | Policy |
 American River College Sacramento, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama | 3 | 4 | FLGR 1010 | Policy |
 Mt San Antonio College Walnut, California | 3 | 6 | GERM 1 + GERM 2 | Policy |
FSU Full Sail University Winter Park, Florida | 3 | 3 | GER 2310 | Policy |
 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado | 3 | 3 | LGER 200 | Policy |
 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | 3 | 8 | German 1010, 1020 | Policy |
 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California | 3 | 6 | GER 1111 and GER 1112 | Policy |
 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 3 | GER 113 | Policy |
 Broward College Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3 | 4 | GER 2220 or one semester of another equivalent intermediate-level GER language course | Policy |
 Ashford University San Diego, California | 3 | 12 | INTERCULTURAL & GLOBAL AWARENESS COMPETENCY | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | GERM 1201 | Policy |
 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida | 3 | 4 | GER 2220 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California | 3 | 8 | German 1-3 | Policy |
 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | 3 | GER 201 | Policy |
 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri | 3 | 3 | German 2260 | Policy |
 San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, Texas | 3 | 8 | GERM 1411 and 1412 | Policy |
 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona | 3 | 8 | GER 201 & 202 | Policy |
 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina | 3 | 8 | GER 1010, 1020 | Policy |
 Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Long Beach City College Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | GER 99P | — |
 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois | 3 | 4 | GER 103 | Policy |
 Washington State University Pullman, Washington | 3 | 8 | German 101, 102 | Policy |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California | 3 | 9 | GER 201 and Elective Units | Policy |
 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | 5 | GERM 1115 | Policy |
 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas | 3 | 6 | GERM 1311, 1312 | Policy |
 Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 6 | German LL Elective & UL Elective | Policy |
 Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California | 3 | 5 | German 3 | Policy |
 California State University-Fresno Fresno, California | 3 | 6 | GERM 2A & GERM 2B | Policy |
 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia | 3 | 6 | GRMN 1001, GRMN 1002 | Policy |
 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | GRMN 1713, 1813, 2713, 2723 | Policy |
 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GRMN 202 | Policy |
 Pasadena City College Pasadena, California | 3 | 5 | GRMN 001 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas | 3 | 12 | GERM 1301, 1302, 2301 & 2302 | Policy |
 Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, Florida | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GER 231 | Policy |
 Utah State University Logan, Utah | 3 | 8 | GERM 1010 + GERM 1020 | Policy |
 University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York | 3 | 6 | GER151LEC + APC999TR | Policy |
 San Francisco State University San Francisco, California | 3 | 8 | GER 101 & 102 | Policy |
 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina | 3 | 12 | GERM 1001-02/2003-04 | Policy |
 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas | 3 | 8 | GERM 108 and 201 | Policy |
 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 12 | GER 201, GER 202, GER 203 | Policy |
 Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina | 3 | 6 | GER 1040 & 1050 | Policy |
 Kent State University at Kent Kent, Ohio | 3 | 8 | GER 11201 & 11202 | Policy |
 Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan | 3 | 8 | GER 101 & 102 | Policy |
 University of Mississippi University, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | Germ 102 | Policy |
FCC Fresno City College Fresno, California | 3 | 10 | C: Humanities | — |
 St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, Florida | 3 | 3 | One semester of intermediate level language | Policy |
AP German Language and Culture credit by state
How we ranked this
One row per 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 are excluded and counted separately above. Where a college publishes only a major-specific rule, we do not promote it to a school-wide minimum. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced as the college published them; “—” means the college published no value for that field. Colleges are ordered by minimum score, then by enrolment, so the easiest routes to credit appear first — this is not a quality ranking.
Frequently asked questions
What AP German Language and Culture score do you need for college credit?+
Of the 1,639 colleges with a published AP German Language and Culture credit policy, 1,359 (83%) award credit at a score of 3, 261 require a 4, and 19 require a 5. There is no single national threshold — the requirement is set by each college, so check the table on this page for the schools on your list.
How many college credits is AP German Language and Culture worth?+
The most commonly published award is 6 credit hours, but it varies by college and by the score earned — several colleges award more hours for a 4 or 5 than for a 3. The Credits column in the table shows each college's own published figure; a dash means the college publishes a policy but no credit-hour number, and we do not estimate one.
Do all colleges accept AP German Language and Culture?+
No. This page covers the 1,639 colleges that publish a credit-bearing policy for AP German Language and Culture, plus 15 more whose policy for this exam grants placement only — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours. Colleges absent from this list either publish no policy for this exam or grant nothing for it. Absence here is not proof a college rejects the exam; it means we have no published rule to cite.
Where can I verify a college's AP German Language and Culture policy?+
Every row links to the college's own advanced-standing or AP credit page in the Source column. That page is authoritative and current; our copy is a snapshot taken July 30, 2026. Policies change between admission cycles, so verify at the source before counting on credit in a graduation plan.
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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.