U.S. Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits

Which Colleges Accept Advanced Placement (AP) Credits?

In United States, 3,122 schools accept advanced placement (AP) credits. By school type, 1,592 public and 1,530 private schools accept advanced placement (AP) credits.

By school level, 2,129 four-years colleges and 944 community colleges accept advanced placement (AP) credits.

The following table summarizes the number of schools accepting advanced placement (AP) credits in United States.

Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits
	Total	Public	Private (not-for-profit)	Private (for-profit)
Total	3,122	1,592	1,234	296
4 Years Colleges	2,129	776	1,172	181
Community Colleges	944	785	60	99
Trade Schools	49	31	2	16

What is Advanced placement (AP) courses?

College-level courses taught in high school. Students may take an examination at the completion of the course; acceptable scores allow students to earn college credit toward a degree, certificate, or other formal award.

Academic & Tuition Statistics for Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits

The average acceptance rate of the Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits is 72.82% and the admission yield is 29%. The average SAT score is 1,180 and the average ACT score is 25.

A total of 19,311,337 students are attending one of the schools. With 1,316,916 faculty, the average students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

The 2025 average tuition & fees at Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits is $16,151 for state residents and $22,504 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The average graduate program tuition & fees is $15,756 for state residents and $20,425 for out-of-state students.

69.36% of undergraduate students received grants and/or scholarships and the average aid amount is $11,880 at Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits.

The following table summarizes the number of Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits by state and school type. You can sort the table by a column by touching/clicking the column name.

Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits by State
State	Total	Public	Private	Four-years Colleges	Community Colleges	Trade Schools
Alabama	55	37	18	30	24	30
Alaska	7	4	3	7	0	7
Arizona	42	23	19	28	14	28
Arkansas	49	34	15	24	24	24
California	280	149	131	160	116	160
Colorado	39	28	11	32	7	32
Connecticut	27	11	16	26	1	26
Delaware	6	3	3	6	0	6
District of Columbia	13	1	12	12	1	12
Florida	120	43	77	105	14	105
Georgia	89	50	39	62	27	62
Hawaii	15	10	5	8	7	8
Idaho	12	8	4	9	3	9
Illinois	120	57	63	68	51	68
Indiana	55	16	39	52	3	52
Iowa	51	19	32	35	16	35
Kansas	56	32	24	31	25	31
Kentucky	51	24	27	33	18	33
Louisiana	47	28	19	29	18	29
Maine	26	14	12	19	7	19
Maryland	43	28	15	25	17	25
Massachusetts	88	31	57	68	17	68
Michigan	78	45	33	52	26	52
Minnesota	70	38	32	44	26	44
Mississippi	31	22	9	17	14	17
Missouri	76	27	49	61	14	61
Montana	16	12	4	10	6	10
Nebraska	29	14	15	22	7	22
Nevada	12	7	5	12	0	12
New Hampshire	19	12	7	11	8	11
New Jersey	65	32	33	36	25	36
New Mexico	27	26	1	9	18	9
New York	191	77	114	137	52	137
North Carolina	125	75	50	66	59	66
North Dakota	17	11	6	13	4	13
Ohio	142	66	76	110	26	110
Oklahoma	49	38	11	27	14	27
Oregon	43	26	17	28	15	28
Pennsylvania	181	67	114	122	47	122
Rhode Island	12	3	9	11	1	11
South Carolina	59	32	27	38	21	38
South Dakota	17	11	6	13	4	13
Tennessee	71	33	38	46	25	46
Texas	180	98	82	123	55	123
Utah	17	9	8	14	2	14
Vermont	10	3	7	9	1	9
Virginia	85	40	45	54	30	54
Washington	64	42	22	59	5	59
West Virginia	33	20	13	23	10	23
Wisconsin	57	30	27	42	15	42
Wyoming	8	8	0	5	3	5
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Federated States of Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	2	2	0	2	0	2
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	1	1	0	1	0	1
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	43	14	29	42	1	42
Virgin Islands	1	1	0	1	0	1