AP Human Geography credit: what score you need
The minimum qualifying score, credit hours and course equivalent at 1,648 colleges that publish an AP Human Geography policy.
Quick answer
1,344 of 1,648 colleges (82%) award credit for AP Human Geography at a score of 3. 296 require a 4 and 8 require a 5. The most commonly awarded amount is 3 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 5 colleges publish an AP Human Geography 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 Human Geography
Showing 120 of 1,648 colleges, lowest qualifying score first. Narrow by state below for the full list in your state.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire | 3 | 3 | GEO-200 | Policy |
 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 201 | Policy |
 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida | 3 | — | GEO 2400 | Policy |
 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
 Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 200 Introduction to Geography | Policy |
 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland | 3 | 3 | GEOG elective | Policy |
 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1302 | Policy |
 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, Ohio | 3 | 3 | Geography 2100 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas | 3 | 3 | GRG 305 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho | 3 | 3 | GEOG 120 | Policy |
 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan | 3 | 0 | Waive GEO 151 | Policy |
 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, Indiana | 3 | — | EAPS 1XXXX | Policy |
 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1101 | Policy |
 Florida International University Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 2000 | Policy |
 Houston Community College Houston, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1303 World Geography | Policy |
 University of Houston Houston, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1301 | Policy |
 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 160 | Policy |
 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana | 3 | 3 | GEOG-UN 100 | Policy |
 University of South Florida Tampa, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 2400 | Policy |
 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | GEOG X12 | Policy |
 Valencia College Orlando, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 1400 | Policy |
 Miami Dade College Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 1400 or GEO 2420 | Policy |
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois | 3 | 3 | GGIS 1-- | Policy |
 Texas State University San Marcos, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEO 1309 | Policy |
 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG electives | Policy |
 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 2420 | Policy |
 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 University of North Texas Denton, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2170 | Policy |
 San Diego State University San Diego, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 | Policy |
 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2300 | Policy |
 California State University-Northridge Northridge, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 107 | Policy |
 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 | 3 | GY 110 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah | 3 | 3 | GEOG 130 | Policy |
 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 1400 | Policy |
 University of California-Davis Davis, California | 3 | 4 | LDA 010 | Policy |
 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington | 3 | 5 | GEOG 100 | Policy |
 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado | 3 | 3 | 3 lower-division Arts & Science credits that count toward the A&S Gen. Ed. Social Science requirement and the CMCI Core People and Society requirement | Policy |
 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1101 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2302 | Policy |
 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minnesota | 3 | 4 | Geog 1301 | Policy |
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1004 | Policy |
 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, Maryland | 3 | 3 | History/Social Science (DSHS) | Policy |
 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas | 3 | 3 | GES 2623 | Policy |
 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon | 3 | 4 | GEOG 105 | Policy |
 University of California-Irvine Irvine, California | 3 | 4 | Elective credit only | Policy |
 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1001 or GEOG 1003 | Policy |
 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, Ohio | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1004 | Policy |
 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, South Carolina | 3 | 3 | GEOG 210 | Policy |
 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California | 3 | 6 | GEOG 2 | Policy |
 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 11103 | Policy |
 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1101 | Policy |
 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GGS 103 | Policy |
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1076A | Policy |
 San Jose State University San Jose, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 010 | Policy |
 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | Social Sciences 200-level GEP | Policy |
 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1400 | Policy |
 Austin Community College District Austin, Texas | 3 | — | GEOG 1302 | Policy |
 Collin County Community College District McKinney, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1302 | Policy |
 American River College Sacramento, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 310 | Policy |
 Mt San Antonio College Walnut, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2 | Policy |
FSU Full Sail University Winter Park, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1310 or ANT 1310 | Policy |
 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado | 3 | 3 | GR 1++3C | Policy |
 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | 3 | 3 | Social Science 1000 | Policy |
 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California | 3 | 3 | GEO 1020 | Policy |
 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 3 | General Elective - Social Science | Policy |
 Broward College Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO 2400 or GEO 2420 | Policy |
 Ashford University San Diego, California | 3 | 3 | ELECTIVE | Policy |
 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | Geograph 102 | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1105 | Policy |
 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEA 2000 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California | 3 | 4 | Geography 5 | Policy |
 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | 3 | GEO 172 | Policy |
 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri | 3 | 3 | Geography 1550 | Policy |
 San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1302 | Policy |
 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1010 | Policy |
 University of California-Riverside Riverside, California | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 | Policy |
 Long Beach City College Long Beach, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2P | — |
 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois | 3 | — | GEOG 100 | Policy |
 Washington State University Pullman, Washington | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California | 3 | 9 | GEOG 150 and Elective Units | Policy |
 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1103 | Policy |
 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 2303 | Policy |
 Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | Geography & Urban Studies 2002 | Policy |
 Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California | 3 | 3 | Geography 2 | Policy |
 California State University-Fresno Fresno, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG Elective | Policy |
 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1113 | Policy |
 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia | 3 | 3 | URSP 102 | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | GEOG 120 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1310 | Policy |
 Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, Florida | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 200 | Policy |
 Utah State University Logan, Utah | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1300 (BSS) | Policy |
 University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York | 3 | 3 | GEO102LEC or GEO103LEC | Policy |
 San Francisco State University San Francisco, California | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 or IR 104 | Policy |
 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1000 | Policy |
 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 | Policy |
 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 4 | GEOG 142 | Policy |
 Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | GHY 1040 | Policy |
 Kent State University at Kent Kent, Ohio | 3 | 3 | GEOG 22061 | Policy |
 Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan | 3 | 3 | GPY 220 | Policy |
 University of Mississippi University, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | Geog 101 | Policy |
 University of Delaware Newark, Delaware | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 | Policy |
FCC Fresno City College Fresno, California | 3 | 3 | B2: Social & Behavioral Sciences | — |
 St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEO X400 or GEO X420 | Policy |
 Cerritos College Norwalk, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, Ohio | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1200 | Policy |
 Illinois State University Normal, Illinois | 3 | 3 | Elective Credit | Policy |
 Portland Community College Portland, Oregon | 3 | 4 | GEO 105 | Policy |
 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1300 | Policy |
 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | GR 2013 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida | 3 | 3 | GEOX400 or GEO2420 | Policy |
 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 108 | Policy |
 Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia | 3 | 3 | GEOG 100S | Policy |
AP Human Geography 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 Human Geography score do you need for college credit?+
Of the 1,648 colleges with a published AP Human Geography credit policy, 1,344 (82%) award credit at a score of 3, 296 require a 4, and 8 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 Human Geography worth?+
The most commonly published award is 3 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 Human Geography?+
No. This page covers the 1,648 colleges that publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Human Geography, plus 5 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 Human Geography 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.