Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

College Credit for Scores of 3 or Higher at all Illinois Public Institutions of Higher Education

On August 13, 2015, HB 3428 was signed into law amending The College and Career Success for All Students Act (Public Act 099-0358) which now provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public institution of higher education. The Act requires each public institution of higher education to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 3 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion at that institution of higher education.

Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, each public institution of higher education shall determine for each test whether credit will be granted for electives, general education requirements, or major requirements and the Advanced Placement scores required to grant credit for those purposes. Each institution is also required to publish and maintain its Advanced Placement examination score course granting policy on its website.

The following provides links to all Illinois public universities’ AP policies and score charts:

• Black Hawk College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Carl Sandburg
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• City Colleges of Chicago
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Danville Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• College of DuPage
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• College of Lake County
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Elgin Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Heartland Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Highland Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Illinois Central College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Illinois Valley Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• John A Logan
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• John Wood Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Joliet Junior College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Kankakee Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Kaskaskia College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Kishwaukee College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Lake Land College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Lewis & Clark Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Lincoln Land Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• McHenry County College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Moraine Valley Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Morton College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Oakton Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Parkland College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Prairie State College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Rend Lake College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Richland Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Rock Valley College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Sauk Valley Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Shawnee Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• South Suburban College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Southeastern Illinois College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Southwestern Illinois College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Spoon River College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Triton College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• Waubonsee Community College
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

• William Rainey Harper College 
  AP Policy and AP Score Chart

Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Panelist Advanced Placement Comparison Chart

Illinois Community College Board Advanced Placement Contact:

Ashley Becker, Ph.D.
Senior Director for Academic Affairs
401 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701-1711
Phone: 217-524-5503