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

Which Colleges Accept Advanced Placement (AP) Credits?

In United States, 3,164 schools accept advanced placement (AP) credits. By school type, 1,595 public and 1,569 private schools accept advanced placement (AP) credits.

By school level, 2,142 four-years colleges and 960 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	3,164	1,595	1,254	315
4 Years Colleges	2,142	759	1,191	192
Community Colleges	960	803	61	96
Trade Schools	62	33	2	27

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 72.85% and the admission yield is 31%. The average SAT score is 1,165 and the average ACT score is 24.

A total of 18,155,196 students are attending one of the schools. With 1,285,366 faculties, the average students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

The 2024 average tuition & fees at Colleges Accepting Advanced Placement (AP) Credits is $16,054 for state residents and $21,835 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The average graduate program tuition & fees is $15,614 for state residents and $19,948 for out-of-state students.

74.50% of undergraduate students received grants and/or scholarships and the average aid amount is $11,412 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	56	37	19	31	24	31
Alaska	6	4	2	6	0	6
Arizona	41	23	18	22	19	22
Arkansas	49	34	15	24	24	24
California	292	149	143	167	117	167
Colorado	39	28	11	31	8	31
Connecticut	28	11	17	27	1	27
Delaware	7	3	4	6	1	6
District of Columbia	13	1	12	12	1	12
Florida	124	43	81	110	13	110
Georgia	89	50	39	62	27	62
Hawaii	16	10	6	9	7	9
Idaho	12	8	4	9	3	9
Illinois	126	59	67	72	53	72
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	87	31	56	67	17	67
Michigan	78	45	33	52	26	52
Minnesota	70	38	32	44	26	44
Mississippi	31	22	9	17	14	17
Missouri	75	26	49	59	15	59
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	28	27	1	9	19	9
New York	194	77	117	138	54	138
North Carolina	126	75	51	67	59	67
North Dakota	17	11	6	13	4	13
Ohio	144	66	78	108	29	108
Oklahoma	50	38	12	28	14	28
Oregon	44	26	18	27	17	27
Pennsylvania	186	68	118	126	47	126
Rhode Island	12	3	9	11	1	11
South Carolina	59	32	27	38	21	38
South Dakota	17	11	6	12	5	12
Tennessee	72	33	39	47	25	47
Texas	181	98	83	121	51	121
Utah	17	9	8	14	2	14
Vermont	11	3	8	10	1	10
Virginia	85	40	45	54	30	54
Washington	65	42	23	59	6	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	45	14	31	44	1	44
Virgin Islands	1	1	0	1	0	1