AP Human Geography credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Human Geography credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
83 of 108 New York colleges (77%) award credit for AP Human Geography at a score of 3. 24 require a 4 and 1 requires a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (3 credit hours). 107 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 | 3 | GEO102LEC or GEO103LEC | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | GEOG 101 | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | GEOG 101 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GEO 102 | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | Free 100 - Free Elective Credit | Policy |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | LAE 499 | Policy |
| 3 | — | GEOG 1101 | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 3 | A-GOG 102 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | HUM 99902 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | SSC elective | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | GEO 103 | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 3 | FCSW 1000 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | SOCY.-1000E | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | GEH-1000 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 3 | 3 | GEO 211 | Policy |
| 3 | — | GEO 100-TR Generic Credit | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 3 | GEG 102 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 3 | SS060 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | YGEO 900 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | GEO201 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | GRY 125 Human Geography and Global Development or GRY 120 Cultural Geography | Policy | |
| 3 | — | GEO 10 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | GEG 100 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 3 | GEO NE | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | BRK 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | GEG1XX and GEG 102 | Policy | |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 3 | 3 | GEO 901L | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | GEOG 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 3 | TRAN 18888 - Transfer Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | GEG 121 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GESS 9100-General Ed Elect: Social Science | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | ECO 278 | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 3 | 3 | GEO 299 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 3 | GEO 2000 | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GE101 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | LART 099 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 3 | GEO 305 | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | GEO Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GEOG 100 | Policy | |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 3 | 3 | GEOG Core course | Policy |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 3 | IST 101 - World Regional Geography | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | Free Elective Credit | Policy |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 3 | LIB ELE | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 3 | GEOG 350 | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | LA-ELE Liberal Arts Elective (Gen Ed - Individuals and Societies) | Policy |
 St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 3 | 3 | IS-202 | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 3 | GEOG 101 - Intro World Regional Geography | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 3 | GEO-117 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 3 | 3 | IS ELECTIVE | Policy |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | AN106 | Policy |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 3 | GEG 000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GEOG 120 | Policy | |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | SOC-999 | Policy |
 Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 3 | GINS 2050 | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | GERG 000 General Education: World History and Global Awareness | Policy |
 LIM College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | SCIE-AP | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | SOC ELCT | Policy | |
 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Modern Social Problems | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | GEOG 201 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | HIS-ELE | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 3 | General Elective | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 3 | GEO 102 | — |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | — | — | Policy |
CCC Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 4 | 3 | GEO 105 or 171 | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 4 | 3 | GEG 101 | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | ANT 226 | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | 4 | Four credits in Anthropology awarded. Students who choose to major or minor in Anthropology can use this credit to fulfill a 100-level elective course. This credit will not substitute for ANTH 101. | Policy |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 4 | 3 | GEOG 2 | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | STSO 1000 | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 6 | HIS250, HIS ELECTIVE | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 4 | 3 | GEOG 102 (S/Human Geography) | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | — | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | ATDV 250 | Policy |
 Barnard College New York | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Colgate University Hamilton | 4 | 1 | GEOG 211 | Policy |
 Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 3 | General Elective | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | SS 230 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 4 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
| 4 | 1 | — | Policy | |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 4 | General Ed course | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP Human Geography 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 Human Geography?+
108 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Human Geography. 83 of them (77%) award credit at a score of 3, 24 require a 4, and 1 requires 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 Human Geography score that earns credit in New York?+
3. University at Buffalo in Buffalo awards credit at a score of 3, worth 3 credit hours, counting as GEO102LEC or GEO103LEC. 83 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?+
107 of the 108 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.