CLEP Credit-Granting Recommendations
Wondering what score you have to achieve on a CLEP exam in order to be granted college credit, and how much credit you will be awarded? The American Council on Education (ACE) has developed a recommended credit-granting score and number of semester hours of credit for each CLEP exam. Keep in mind that how much credit you will receive for each CLEP exam you take and the score you have to achieve to get that credit or exemption will be determined by the credit-granting policy of your college or university.
The American Council on Education recommends that the minimum score for awarding credit be the mean test score of students who earn a grade of C in the corresponding course.
| Computer Based Testing (CBT) and Paper and Pencil Testing | ||
|---|---|---|
| ACE Recommended Score1 | Semester Hours1 | |
| Business | ||
| Financial Accounting | 50 | 3 |
| Information Systems and Computer Applications | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Business Law | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Accounting2 | 50 | 6 |
| Principles of Management | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Marketing | 50 | 3 |
| Composition and Literature | ||
| American Literature | 50 | 6 |
| Analyzing & Interpreting Literature | 50 | 6 |
| College Composition2 | 50 | 6 |
| College Composition Modular2 | 50 | 3/6 |
| English Composition (with or without Essay)3 | 50 | 6 |
| English Literature | 50 | 6 |
| Freshman College Composition3 | 50 | 6 |
| Humanities | 50 | 6 |
| Foreign Languages | ||
| French Language, Level 1 | 50 | 6 |
| French Language, Level 2 | 59 | 12 |
| German Language, Level 1 | 50 | 6 |
| German Language, Level 2 | 60 | 12 |
| Spanish Language, Level 1 | 50 | 6 |
| Spanish Language, Level 2 | 63 | 12 |
| History and Social Sciences | ||
| American Government | 50 | 3 |
| History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877 | 50 | 3 |
| History of the United States II: 1865 to Present | 50 | 3 |
| Human Growth and Development | 50 | 3 |
| Introduction to Educational Psychology | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Psychology | 50 | 3 |
| Introductory Sociology | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 50 | 3 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | 50 | 3 |
| Social Sciences and History | 50 | 6 |
| Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 | 50 | 3 |
| Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present | 50 | 3 |
| Science and Mathematics | ||
| Biology | 50 | 6 |
| Calculus | 50 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 50 | 6 |
| College Algebra | 50 | 3 |
| College Algebra-Trigonometry4 | 50 | 3 |
| College Mathematics | 50 | 6 |
| Natural Sciences | 50 | 6 |
| Precalculus | 50 | 3 |
| Trigonometry4 | 50 | 3 |
1The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated CLEP processes and procedures for developing, administering and scoring the exams. The scores listed above are equivalent to a grade of C in the corresponding course.
The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research and program initiatives. For more information, visit the ACE CREDIT Web site at www.acenet.edu/acecredit.
2These exams will be available to students on July 1, 2010. If the college does not require a supplemental essay for the Modular version of the examination, the ACE credit-granting recommendation is 3 credits. If the college does require a supplemental essay, the credit-granting recommendation is 6 credits.
3Beginning July 1, 2010, these exams will no longer be available to students. They will be replaced by College Composition and College Composition Modular.
4These examinations are no longer available to students.
For more information about recommended credit-granting scores for CLEP exams no longer in use, read Historical Minimum Scores.
