AP Japanese Language and Culture credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Japanese Language and Culture credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
70 of 89 New York colleges (79%) award credit for AP Japanese Language and Culture at a score of 3. 18 require a 4 and 1 requires a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (6 credit hours). 89 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 | JPN201LEC + APC999TR | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | JPN 212 | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | FCWG | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 3 | 4 | JPS 102 | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | CHIN 2XX | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | JPN101, 102 OR JPN102, 201 OR JPN201, 202 | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | Free 100 - Free Elective Credit | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 10 | A-EAJ 101, 102 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | JAP 12200 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | JPN 101 JPN 102 | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | JPN 102 | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 12 | ELJ 101, 102, & ELEC 1000 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 16 | JAPN.-1010 & JAPN.-1020 & JAPN.-1030 & JAPN.-2010 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | JAL-299 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 3 | FCWG 1000 | Policy |
| 3 | — | HUM 100-TR | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 6 | JPN 101 + JPN 102 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 6 | JA111 & JA112 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | JAPN 100 | Policy | |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 3 | 3 | LA 999 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | JPN201 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | FLR 202 | Policy | |
| 3 | — | JPN 111 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | JPN 101 & 102 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 6 | FORL499 | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 3 | LANG 111 | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 6 | JPN 111 and JPN 112 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | FLA 101, FLA 102 | Policy | |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 3 | 3 | JPN 105L | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | HUMANITIES 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 4 | LNGS 18888 - Languages Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | JAPN 1TR, JAPN 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | JAPN 1203-Japanese I | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | Language Elective | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 15 | LNG GNED, LNG GNED, LNG ELEC (Awarded with a 4), LNG ELEC (Awarded with a 4), LNG ELEC (Awarded with a 5) | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Language & Culture elective | Policy |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | Lang 2TR | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | JPN 101 & JPN 102 | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 6 | JPN Core & JPN Elective | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | JPN Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HUMN 000 | Policy | |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 6 | JPN 101 - Beginning Japanese I and JPN 102 - Beginning Japanese II | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | LA-ELE Liberal Arts Electives | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 3 | 6 | JPN 101, JPN 102 | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 6 | JPN-101 & JPN-102 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 3 | HUE 000 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | LANG ELEC | Policy | |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 8 | — | 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 | LANG-AP3 | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 6 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | Global Culture & Languages | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | LAN-ELE | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 3 | Global Competence General Education | Policy |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CCC Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 New York University New York | 4 | 4 | EAST-UA 250 | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | JPN 280 | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | — | Potential placement into JPNS 152, credit granted for 151 upon completion of 152 with grade of B+ or higher. | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | LANG 1000 | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 6 | JPN111 & JPN112 | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | MDLG 1EL | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 4 | 6 | LJPN 111 and LJPN 112 | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | LANG 111 | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 4 | 3 | JPN 201 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 6 | LANGUAGE ELECTIVE | Policy |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Humanities and Languages Pillar | Policy |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP Japanese 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 Japanese Language and Culture?+
89 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Japanese Language and Culture. 70 of them (79%) award credit at a score of 3, 18 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 Japanese Language and Culture 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 JPN201LEC + APC999TR. 70 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?+
89 of the 89 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.