AP Latin credit at Massachusetts colleges
Every Massachusetts college with a published AP Latin credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
30 of 52 Massachusetts colleges (58%) award credit for AP Latin at a score of 3. 17 require a 4 and 5 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell (3 credit hours). 52 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | WLLA.3030 | Policy | |
 Bridgewater State University Bridgewater | 3 | 6 | LALT 101 & LALT 102 | Policy |
 Berklee College of Music Boston | 3 | 3 | LHUM 200 | Policy |
 Quinsigamond Community College Worcester | 3 | 3 | HUM 888 | Policy |
 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth | 3 | 6 | LAT 800 | Policy |
 Middlesex Community College Bedford | 3 | 6 | LAN 185, LAN 186 | Policy |
| 3 | — | LAT201 | Policy | |
| 3 | 12 | Score of 3 LATN513 LATN514 Score of 4 LATN515 Score of 5 LATN516 | Policy | |
 Merrimack College North Andover | 3 | 4 | FL 0051 | Policy |
 Springfield Technical Community College Springfield | 3 | 6 | HUM 290 & 291 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GNEL1XXX | Policy | |
 Westfield State University Westfield | 3 | 3 | LLIT 9998 | Policy |
 Northern Essex Community College Haverhill | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
 Holyoke Community College Holyoke | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Endicott College Beverly | 3 | 3 | IDS108 | Policy |
 Fitchburg State University Fitchburg | 3 | 6 | LATN 1000, 1100 | Policy |
 Framingham State University Framingham | 3 | 4 | LANG 1TR | Policy |
MWCC | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
 Western New England University Springfield | 3 | 6 | General Elective | Policy |
 Stonehill College Easton | 3 | 6 | FOR 800 and 801 Foreign Language Electives | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay | 3 | 3 | Humanities Group 2 | Policy |
 Gordon College Wenham | 3 | 4 | Free elective | Policy |
 Greenfield Community College Greenfield | 3 | 3 | LAT 101 | Policy |
 Bay Path University Longmeadow | 3 | 8 | General Elective | Policy |
 Lasell University Newton | 3 | 4 | LANG001 | Policy |
 Nichols College Dudley | 3 | 6 | HUM 270 Special Topics in Humanities (3 cr) & HUM 270 Special Topics in Humanities (3 cr) | Policy |
 Dean College Franklin | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
AIC American International College Springfield | 3 | 3 | AHH1009- Humanities Elective | Policy |
 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams | 3 | 3 | TRML100 Modern Language Elective | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | Latin 425 | Policy | |
 Boston University Boston | 4 | 4 | CAS CL 212 | Policy |
 Northeastern University Boston | 4 | 4 | FLNG1990 | Policy |
 Boston College Chestnut Hill | 4 | 6 | 2 Classical Language Electives and Language Proficiency | Policy |
 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester | 4 | 3 | HU 1100 | Policy |
 Suffolk University Boston | 4 | 4 | LANGUAGE ELECTIVE | Policy |
 Bentley University Waltham | 4 | 3 | ML 1200 | Policy |
 Emerson College Boston | 4 | 8 | World Languages Perspective | Policy |
 College of the Holy Cross Worcester | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Smith College Northampton | 4 | 4 | no designated course | Policy |
 Clark University Worcester | 4 | 4 | LAT 103 - Intermediate Latin | Policy |
 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Emmanuel College Boston | 4 | 4 | FREE*ELEC | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | LAT 198 | Policy | |
 Lesley University Cambridge | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
NECM | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Montserrat College of Art Beverly | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Tufts University Medford | 5 | 3 | LAT 0003 | Policy |
| 5 | 9 | — | Policy | |
 Brandeis University Waltham | 5 | 4 | LAT 30-level | Policy |
 Wellesley College Wellesley | 5 | 1 | LAT 201 | Policy |
WC Williams College Williamstown | 5 | — | CLLA 201 or 302 | Policy |
AP Latin credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts colleges give credit for AP Latin?+
52 colleges in Massachusetts publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Latin. 30 of them (58%) award credit at a score of 3, 17 require a 4, and 5 require 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 Latin score that earns credit in Massachusetts?+
3. University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell awards credit at a score of 3, worth 3 credit hours, counting as WLLA.3030. 30 Massachusetts colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in Massachusetts?+
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 Massachusetts AP credit policies?+
52 of the 52 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.
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.