AP Latin credit: what score you need
The minimum qualifying score, credit hours and course equivalent at 1,420 colleges that publish an AP Latin policy.
Quick answer
1,139 of 1,420 colleges (80%) award credit for AP Latin at a score of 3. 258 require a 4 and 23 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 8 colleges publish an AP Latin 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 Latin
Showing 120 of 1,420 colleges, lowest qualifying score first. Narrow by state below for the full list in your state.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austin Community College District Austin, Texas | 2 | — | 1411 & 1412 | Policy |
 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire | 3 | 6 | LAN Elective | Policy |
 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, Arizona | 3 | 8 | LAT 101, 102 | Policy |
 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, Texas | 3 | 8 | CLAS 121 and 122 | Policy |
 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida | 3 | — | LNW 2321 | Policy |
 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana | 3 | 8 | Foreign Language Elective | Policy |
 Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia | 3 | 6 | MLAN 1XX Modern Language Elective-Lower Level MLAN 1XX Modern Language Elective-Lower Level | Policy |
 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, Ohio | 3 | 10 | Latin 1101.01 & 1102.01 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas | 3 | 5 | LAT 506 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho | 3 | 8 | LATIN 101 and LATIN 102 | Policy |
 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona | 3 | 8 | LAT 101 & 102 | Policy |
 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan | 3 | 4 | LTN 102 | Policy |
 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, Indiana | 3 | — | LATN 10100 | Policy |
 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia | 3 | 6 | LATN 1001 & 1002 | Policy |
 Houston Community College Houston, Texas | 3 | 8 | LANG 1411-2 Beginning Foreign Language I-II | Policy |
 University of Houston Houston, Texas | 3 | 6 | LATN 1301, 1302 | Policy |
 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California | 3 | 6 | GE HUMS (3), Electives (3) | Policy |
 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana | 3 | 8 | CLAS-L 100/150 | Policy |
 University of South Florida Tampa, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 1700 | Policy |
 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin | 3 | 8 | LATIN 103 and 104 | Policy |
 Valencia College Orlando, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 1700 | Policy |
 Miami Dade College Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 2700 or LNW 2321 | Policy |
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois | 3 | 8 | Latin 201 and 202 | Policy |
 Texas State University San Marcos, Texas | 3 | 14 | LAT 1410, 1420, 2310 & 2320 | Policy |
 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | LAT 101B, 301 & 401 | Policy |
 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 2321 | Policy |
 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California | 3 | 4 | LTLA 1, LTLA 2, LTLA 3 | Policy |
 University of North Texas Denton, Texas | 3 | 6 | LATI 1010 & 1020 | Policy |
 San Diego State University San Diego, California | 3 | 6 | CLASS 202L | Policy |
 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 4 | LATIN 1 | Policy |
 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas | 3 | 10 | LAT 1501 & 1502 | Policy |
 California State University-Northridge Northridge, California | 3 | 6 | Consult MCLL Chair | Policy |
 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 | 6 | LA 101, LA 102 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah | 3 | 8 | LATIN 101, 102 | Policy |
 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 3211 | Policy |
 University of California-Davis Davis, California | 3 | 8 | LAT 002 | Policy |
 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington | 3 | 5 | LATIN 103 | Policy |
 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado | 3 | 4 | LATN 1024 | Policy |
 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia | 3 | 4 | LATN 1001 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | 3 | 8 | LATN 1441 & 1442 | Policy |
 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minnesota | 3 | 4 | Latin 3199 | Policy |
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | LAT 2XXX(ELECTIVE) | Policy |
 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, Maryland | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [consult Classics advisor for placement] | Policy |
 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas | 3 | 4 | LAT 1114 | Policy |
 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon | 3 | 12 | Linguistics Elective | Policy |
 University of California-Irvine Irvine, California | 3 | 8 | Elective credit only | Policy |
 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 | 8 | LATN 1001 and LATN 2051 | Policy |
 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, Ohio | 3 | 6 | LATN1011 & LATN1012 | Policy |
 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | 6 | CLAS 251-252 | Policy |
 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, South Carolina | 3 | 7 | LATN 121 and 122 | Policy |
 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California | 3 | 6 | Foreign Language Requirement | Policy |
 College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 4 | LAT 111 | Policy |
 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3 | 3 | LATN 10103 LATN 10203 & LATN 20103 | Policy |
 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 6 | LATN 2001 & 2002 | Policy |
 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia | 3 | 6 | LATN 101, 102 | Policy |
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas | 3 | 6 | FORL 1311, FORL 1312 | Policy |
 San Jose State University San Jose, California | 3 | 6 | Elective | Policy |
 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | LAT 102 | Policy |
 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah | 3 | 8 | LATIN 1010 & LATIN 1020 | Policy |
 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama | 3 | 4 | FLLN 1010 | Policy |
 Mt San Antonio College Walnut, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado | 3 | 3 | LLAT 2++3B | Policy |
 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | 3 | 8 | Latin 1010, 1020 | Policy |
 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 3 | LAT 113 | Policy |
 Broward College Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 1700 or LNW X321 | Policy |
 Ashford University San Diego, California | 3 | 6 | INTERCULTURAL & GLOBAL AWARENESS COMPETENCY | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | 4 | LATN 1201 | Policy |
 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW 2321 or LNW 2700 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California | 3 | 8 | Latin 1-3 | Policy |
 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | 3 | LAT 201 | Policy |
 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri | 3 | 12 | Latin 1100, 1200 & 2000 | Policy |
 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona | 3 | 8 | LAT 101 & 102 | Policy |
 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina | 3 | 11 | LATN 1010, 1020, 2010 | Policy |
 Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Long Beach City College Long Beach, California | 3 | 3 | HUMAN 99P | — |
 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois | 3 | 4 | LAT 103 | Policy |
 Washington State University Pullman, Washington | 3 | 8 | Latin 101, 102 | Policy |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California | 3 | 9 | WLC 201 and Elective Units | Policy |
 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | 10 | LAT 1115, 1215 | Policy |
 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 California State University-Fresno Fresno, California | 3 | 6 | LATIN 1B & LATIN ELECTIVE | Policy |
 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia | 3 | 6 | LATN 1001, LATN 1002 | Policy |
 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, Oklahoma | 3 | 9 | LATN 1713, 1813, 2713 | Policy |
 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia | 3 | 3 | LATN 201 | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | LATN Elective | Policy |
 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas | 3 | 6 | LATN 2303 & 2304 | Policy |
 Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, Florida | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | LAT 231 | Policy |
 Utah State University Logan, Utah | 3 | 10 | LATN 1010 + LATN 1020 | Policy |
 University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York | 3 | 6 | APC999TR | Policy |
 San Francisco State University San Francisco, California | 3 | 6 | LATN 101 | Policy |
 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina | 3 | 12 | LATN 1001-02/2003-04 | Policy |
 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas | 3 | 5 | LAT 108 | Policy |
 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 12 | LAT 301 LAT 302 LAT 303 | Policy |
 Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | LAT 3010 | Policy |
 Kent State University at Kent Kent, Ohio | 3 | 8 | LAT 16201 & 16202 | Policy |
 Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan | 3 | 3 | LAT general credit | Policy |
 University of Mississippi University, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | Lat 299 | Policy |
 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska | 3 | 10 | LATN 101 and LATN 102 | Policy |
 University of Delaware Newark, Delaware | 3 | 3 | LATN 201 | Policy |
FCC Fresno City College Fresno, California | 3 | 3 | C: Humanities | — |
 St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, Florida | 3 | 3 | LNW X700 or LNW X321 | Policy |
 Cerritos College Norwalk, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, Ohio | 3 | 8 | LAT 1110 & 1120 | Policy |
 Illinois State University Normal, Illinois | 3 | 4 | LAT 112 | Policy |
 Portland Community College Portland, Oregon | 3 | 12 | — | Policy |
 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas | 3 | 4 | FOLG 1411 | Policy |
 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, Mississippi | 3 | 6 | FLL 1113 and FLL 1123 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida | 3 | 3 | LATX700 or LNWX321 | Policy |
 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia | 3 | 3 | CLAS 102 | Policy |
 Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey | 3 | 6 | LATN 101 & LATN 102 | Policy |
 Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia | 3 | 3 | LATN 201 | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York | 3 | 3 | LAT 251 | Policy |
AP Latin 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 Latin score do you need for college credit?+
Of the 1,420 colleges with a published AP Latin credit policy, 1,139 (80%) award credit at a score of 3, 258 require a 4, and 23 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 Latin 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 Latin?+
No. This page covers the 1,420 colleges that publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Latin, plus 8 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 Latin 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.
Keep exploring
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.