Degree credit is awarded for advanced placement examination scores of 4 and 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations. Credit is not given for grades of 3, 2, or 1.
Students will need to provide an original copy of the scores directly from the College Board in order for credit to be granted. Our CEEB code is 002765.
Students should have the scores sent electronically or to the following address:
University Enrollment Services Admissions Processing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
65 Davidson Road, Room 308
Piscataway, NJ 08854
The following is a list of advanced placement exams and scores, and the Rutgers degree credit that is awarded based on those scores.
African American Studies
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:014:103 "Introduction to Africana Studies"
Total Credits: 3
Art History
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:082:105 & 01:082:106
Total Credits: 6
Biology
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:119:115, 116, 117
Total Credits: 10
Calculus BC
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:151, 01:640:152
Total Credits: 8
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:151, 01:640:152
Total Credits: 8
AB Subscore (if BC score is less than 4 or 5)
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:151
Total Credits: 4
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:135
Total Credits: 4
Calculus AB
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:151
Total Credits: 4
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:135
Total Credits: 4
Chemistry
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:160:161 & 01:160:171
Total Credits: 5
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:160:161, 162, 171
Total Credits: 9
Chinese Language and Culture
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:165:102
Total Credits: 4
Computer Science A
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:198:110
Total Credits: 3
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:198:111
Total Credits: 4
Computer Science: Principles
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:198:110
Total Credits: 3
Economics - Macro
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:220:103
Total Credits: 3
Economics - Micro
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:220:102
Total Credits: 3
English Language and Composition
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:355:101
Total Credits: 3
English Literature and Composition
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:355:101 or 01:358:201 (if Lang exam credit)
Total Credits: 3
Environmental Science
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 11:375:101
Total Credits: 3
European History
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:510:102 for students entering in Fall 2024 or later (01:510:101 for students entering before Fall 2024)
Total Credits: 3
French Language
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:420:210
Total Credits: 3
French Literature
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:420:214
Total Credits: 3
German Language
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:470:131 & 01:470:132
Total Credits: 6
Government and Politics: Comparative
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:790:103
Total Credits: 3
Government and Politics: United States
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:790:104
Total Credits: 3
Human Geography
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:450:103
Total Credits: 3
Italian Language and Culture
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:560:131
Total Credits: 4
Score: 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:560:131 & 01:560:132
Total Credits: 8
Japanese Language and Culture
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:565:102
Total Credits: 4
Jewish History
Advanced Placement in Jewish History exam administered by Yeshiva University
Students must score a 4 or above to earn credit. Each exam is worth 1.5 credits, so students who take all three parts will earn 4.5 credits. If they take parts I and II, they will earn equivalency for Jewish Society & Culture 1 (01:563:201); if they take parts II and III, they will earn equivalence for Jewish Society & Culture 2 (01:563:202) If they take I and III, they will earn elective credit, TR:T01:EC, which means the credits cannot be applied to the Jewish Studies major or minor or to the SAS Core (without exam II, they will not have covered the medieval period in Jewish History). Students who complete all three sections will get the equivalent of either JSC 1 OR 2 as well as the other 1.5 credits as elective credits.
Latin Literature
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: Elective credit
Total Credits: 3
Latin: Vergil
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: Elective credit
Total Credits: 3
Music Theory
Overall Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 07:700:103
Total Credits: 3
Note: Students must earn 4 or 5 overall to earn credits. Subscore of 4 or 5 is not sufficient to award credit if overall score is 3 or lower.
Physics 1
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:750:203, 205
Total Credits: 4
Physics 2
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:750:204, 206
Total Credits: 4
Physics B (no longer active)
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:750:203, 204, 205, 206
Total Credits: 8
Physics C: E&M
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:750:204 & 750:206
Total Credits: 4
Physics C: Mechanics
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:750:203 & 750:205
Total Credits: 4
Precalculus
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:640:115
Total Credits: 4
Psychology
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:830:101
Total Credits: 3
Research
Score: 4 or 5
No Credit at SAS
Seminar
Score: 4 or 5
No Credit at SAS
Spanish Language
Students planning to continue study of this language must take the appropriate Rutgers placement test. AP credits alone cannot be used to determine the appropriate course at which to begin your study of this language at Rutgers.
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:940:203
Total Credits: 3
Spanish Literature
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:940:215
Total Credits: 3
Statistics
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:960:211
Total Credits: 3
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: Elective credit
Total Credits: 3
Studio Art: 3-D Design
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: Elective credit
Total Credits: 3
Studio Art: Drawing
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: Elective credit
Total Credits: 3
United States History
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:512:103
Total Credits: 3
World History
Score: 4 or 5
Rutgers Course(s) Granted: 01:506:101
Total Credits: 3