AP Statistics credit at California colleges
Every California college with a published AP Statistics credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
162 of 180 California colleges (90%) award credit for AP Statistics at a score of 3. 18 require a 4 and 0 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at California State University-Fullerton (3 credit hours). 172 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | MATH 120 | Policy | |
 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach | 3 | 3 | STAT 108 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 San Diego State University San Diego | 3 | 3 | STAT 250 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | 3 | 4 | STATS Unassigned | Policy |
 California State University-Northridge Northridge | 3 | 4 | MATH 140 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | STATS 7 or STATS 8 or MGMT 7 or SOCECOL 13 or EDUC 15 | Policy | |
 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento | 3 | 6 | STAT 1 | Policy |
 San Jose State University San Jose | 3 | 3 | STAT 095 or SOCI 015 or PH 67 | Policy |
 American River College Sacramento | 3 | 4 | STAT 300 | Policy |
 Mt San Antonio College Walnut | 3 | 3 | MATH 110 | Policy |
 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | STA 1200 | Policy | |
 Ashford University San Diego | 3 | 3 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING CORE COMPETENCY | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara | 3 | 4 | Communication 87, PSTAT 5AA-ZZ, Psychology 5 | Policy |
 University of California-Riverside Riverside | 3 | 4 | STAT 040 | Policy |
 Santa Ana College Santa Ana | 3 | 4 | MATH 219 | Policy |
 Long Beach City College Long Beach | 3 | 3 | STAT 1P | — |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo | 3 | 9 | STAT 130 and Elective Units | Policy |
 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Santa Monica College Santa Monica | 3 | 4 | Math 54 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 11 | Policy | |
 Pasadena City College Pasadena | 3 | 4 | STAT 015 or 018 | Policy |
 San Francisco State University San Francisco | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
FCC Fresno City College Fresno | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 OR MATH 42 | — |
 Cerritos College Norwalk | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Riverside City College Riverside | 3 | 4 | Math 12 | Policy |
 Sacramento City College Sacramento | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 (formerly STAT 300) | Policy |
 Southwestern College Chula Vista | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 Fullerton College Fullerton | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 F | Policy |
 Bakersfield College Bakersfield | 3 | 4 | MATH B22 | Policy |
 Palomar College San Marcos | 3 | 3 | MATH 120 | Policy |
 Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | 3 | 4 | STATC1000 | Policy |
CCSF City College of San Francisco San Francisco | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Saddleback College Mission Viejo | 3 | 3 | MATH 10 | Policy |
 San Diego Mesa College San Diego | 3 | 3 | MATH 119 | Policy |
 California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino | 3 | 3 | MATH 1201 | Policy |
 College of the Canyons Santa Clarita | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Rio Hondo College Whittier | 3 | 4 | MATH 130 | Policy |
 De Anza College Cupertino | 3 | 4 | MATH 10 | Policy |
 Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto | 3 | 3 | STAT-C1000 | Policy |
 Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill | 3 | 3 | — | — |
 Modesto Junior College Modesto | 3 | 2 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 California State University-San Marcos San Marcos | 3 | 3 | MATH 242 or BUS 204 | Policy |
 San Joaquin Delta College Stockton | 3 | 5 | MATH 12 | — |
 Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga | 3 | 4 | STAT-10 | — |
 Cosumnes River College Sacramento | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000E (formerly STAT 300) | Policy |
 Sierra College Rocklin | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 105 | Policy | |
 Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen | 3 | 3 | MATH 227B, 228B, PSYCH 091, SOC 125, STAT 001, STAT 101, C1000, or C1000E | Policy |
 Cypress College Cypress | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 C | Policy |
 Victor Valley College Victorville | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 Grossmont College El Cajon | 3 | 4 | MATH 160 | Policy |
 San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino | 3 | 3 | MATH 108 | Policy |
 Foothill College Los Altos Hills | 3 | 5 | MATH 10 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | MATH 115 | Policy | |
 Chabot College Hayward | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000/ MTH 43 | Policy |
 Los Angeles City College Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 College of the Sequoias Visalia | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 San Diego Miramar College San Diego | 3 | 3 | SDCCD MATH 119 | Policy |
SCC Santiago Canyon College Orange | 3 | 4 | MATH 219 | Policy |
 MiraCosta College Oceanside | 3 | 3 | BTEC 180, BUS 204, MATH 103, PSYC 104, or SOC 104 | Policy |
| 3 | 5 | STAT 1000 | Policy | |
 Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 Ventura College Ventura | 3 | 3 | STAT C1000 or PSY V04 | Policy |
 National University San Diego | 3 | 4.5 | MTH 210 | Policy |
 Merced College Merced | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Irvine Valley College Irvine | 3 | 3 | STAT C1000 or PSYC 10 or ECON 10 or MGT 10 or HLTH 10 | Policy |
 Folsom Lake College Folsom | 3 | 4 | STAT 300 | Policy |
 Golden West College Huntington Beach | 3 | 4 | MATH G160 | Policy |
 College of the Desert Palm Desert | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 1600 OR 1610 OR 1620 | Policy | |
 Butte College Oroville | 3 | 3 | MATH-18 | Policy |
| 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. | Policy | |
 Norco College Norco | 3 | 4 | Math 12 | Policy |
 Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley | 3 | 4 | Math 12 | — |
 California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Citrus College Glendora | 3 | 3 | MATH 165 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 California Baptist University Riverside | 3 | 3 | STA 144 | Policy |
 Allan Hancock College Santa Maria | 3 | 4 | MATH 123 | Policy |
 Solano Community College Fairfield | 3 | — | MATH 011 | Policy |
 Evergreen Valley College San Jose | 3 | 3 | — | — |
 Cabrillo College Aptos | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 College of San Mateo San Mateo | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 West Los Angeles College Culver City | 3 | 3 | Math 227 | Policy |
 Hartnell College Salinas | 3 | 4 | MAT 13 | Policy |
 Skyline College San Bruno | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 San Jose City College San Jose | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Coastline Community College Fountain Valley | 3 | 4 | Math C160 | Policy |
 Ohlone College Fremont | 3 | 3 | MATH-159 | Policy |
 Imperial Valley College Imperial | 3 | 4 | MATH 119 | Policy |
 Cuesta College San Luis Obispo | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Cuyamaca College El Cajon | 3 | 4 | MATH 160 | Policy |
 Las Positas College Livermore | 3 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 West Valley College Saratoga | 3 | 3 | Math 10 | Policy |
 Oxnard College Oxnard | 3 | 3 | MATH R105 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | 2; STAT 100 (Effective 8/1/2023) | Policy | |
 Monterey Peninsula College Monterey | 3 | 3 | MATH 16 | — |
 University of San Francisco San Francisco | 3 | 4 | MATH 101 | Policy |
 University of San Diego San Diego | 3 | 3 | MATH 120 | Policy |
 Mission College Santa Clara | 3 | 4 | MAT 010 | Policy |
 Shasta College Redding | 3 | 3 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | STAT 109 or STAT 108 or PSYC 109 (GE Area 2 Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning) | Policy | |
 Sonoma State University Rohnert Park | 3 | 6 | MATH 165 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 201 or BIOL 203 or MATH/PSY 202 | Policy | |
 Merritt College Oakland | 3 | 4 | MATH 13 | Policy |
 Crafton Hills College Yucaipa | 3 | 4 | MATH 110 | Policy |
 Canada College Redwood City | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Reedley College Reedley | 3 | 4 | MATH 11 or STAT 7 | Policy |
CCC Contra Costa College San Pablo | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Berkeley City College Berkeley | 3 | 4 | MATH 13 | Policy |
 Gavilan College Gilroy | 3 | 3 | MATH 5 | Policy |
 College of Alameda Alameda | 3 | 4 | MATH 13 | Policy |
 Academy of Art University San Francisco | 3 | 3 | LA271 College Algebra (LA 255 College Math waived) | Policy |
 College of Marin Kentfield | 3 | 4 | MATH 115 or STAT 115 | Policy |
 Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Pepperdine University Malibu | 3 | 3 | COM 240/ ECON 212/ POSC 250/SOC 250/PSYC 250/Math GE | Policy |
 College of the Redwoods Eureka | 3 | 4 | Stat C1000 | Policy |
 Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest | 3 | 4 | MATH C121 | Policy |
UV University of La Verne La Verne | 3 | 4 | BUS 270 - Business Statistics | Policy |
 Lemoore College Lemoore | 3 | 4 | Math 025 | Policy |
TC Taft College Taft | 3 | 3 | STAT 1510 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego | 3 | 3 | MTH2003 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 130 | Policy | |
 Woodland Community College Woodland | 3 | 4 | STAT 1 | Policy |
 Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Palo Verde College Blythe | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
MC Mendocino College Ukiah | 3 | 4 | MTH-220 | Policy |
 Porterville College Porterville | 3 | 4 | MATH P122 | Policy |
 Barstow Community College Barstow | 3 | 4 | MATH 2 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 104 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | MATH-265C or PSYC-265C or SOC-265C | Policy | |
 Columbia College Sonora | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MATH 205 (GE) | Policy | |
FRCC | 3 | 4 | MATH 202 | Policy |
 Lassen Community College Susanville | 3 | — | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MTH 900 | Policy | |
 Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | Math Elective | Policy |
 Dominican University of California San Rafael | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Copper Mountain Community College Joshua Tree | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 William Jessup University Rocklin | 3 | 3 | MATH 120 | Policy |
 Pacific Union College Angwin | 3 | 4 | STAT 222 | Policy |
 Woodbury University Burbank | 3 | 3 | MATH 226 | Policy |
 Whittier College Whittier | 3 | 3 | MATH 080 | Policy |
 Menlo College Atherton | 3 | 3 | MTH 251 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | MTH 107 | Policy | |
SU Simpson University Redding | 3 | 3 | MATH-2610 | Policy |
 Hope International University Fullerton | 3 | 3 | PSY2320 or BUS4510 | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | May be eligible for elective credit | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | MTH 150 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | MA 210 | Policy | |
 University of the West Rosemead | 3 | 4 | MATH 212 Statistics | Policy |
 University of Southern California Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | Mathematics 150 | Policy | |
 Moorpark College Moorpark | 4 | 4 | STAT C1000 | Policy |
 Chapman University Orange | 4 | 3 | MATH-203 | Policy |
 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles | 4 | 3 | MATH 104 | Policy |
 Laney College Oakland | 4 | 4 | MATH 13 | Policy |
 Santa Clara University Santa Clara | 4 | 4 | MATH 8 or OMIS 40 | Policy |
 Biola University La Mirada | 4 | 3 | MATH 190 or MATH 210 | Policy |
 University of the Pacific Stockton | 4 | 4 | MATH 037 | Policy |
 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks | 4 | 4 | IDEAS Math Course | Policy |
 University of Redlands Redlands | 4 | 4 | MATH 111 | Policy |
 Art Center College of Design Pasadena | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Occidental College Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | COMP 146 | Policy |
 Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles | 4 | 3 | Math 38 and fulfills GE 3A Math Reasoning requirement | Policy |
 Pomona College Claremont | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Westmont College Santa Barbara | 4 | 4 | MA-005 | Policy |
 Pitzer College Claremont | 4 | 1 | Score of 4 or 5 earns 1.00 credit for MATH 52 only after passing a college statistics course for which Introductory Statistics is a prerequisite, such as MATH 157,158, or 159 at Pomona College. | Policy |
 Scripps College Claremont | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
AP Statistics credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per California 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 California colleges give credit for AP Statistics?+
180 colleges in California publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Statistics. 162 of them (90%) award credit at a score of 3, 18 require a 4, and 0 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 Statistics score that earns credit in California?+
3. California State University-Fullerton in Fullerton awards credit at a score of 3, worth 3 credit hours, counting as MATH 120. 162 California colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in California?+
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 California AP credit policies?+
172 of the 180 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.