College Board Advanced Placement Credit - Undergraduate Admissions (2024)

The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program allows you to establish college credit from tests taken at the completion of high school AP courses.

The sections below provide information about AP credit Purdue accepts and the scores necessary to earn credit.

Course numbers listed as "1XXXX" transfer as undistributed credit, which means Purdue does not have an equivalent course. Such credit appears on a Purdue student record as credit hours within the respective subject area. You should consult with your Purdue academic advisor to determine how undistributed credit may be used to best meet curriculum requirements within your area of study.

For descriptions and credit hours for the specific Purdue courses listed in the table below, use Purdue's searchable catalog.

*If you score a 3 or better on both the Macroeconomics and Microeconomics exams you will receive credit for ECON 21000. If you score a 3 on one and a 4 or 5 on the other, you will receive credit for ECON 21000 and credit for the appropriate ECON course as indicated above.

Course numbers listed as "1XXXX" transfer as undistributed credit, which means Purdue does not have an equivalent course. Such credit appears on a Purdue student record as credit hours within the respective subject area. You should consult with your Purdue academic advisor to determine how undistributed credit may be used to best meet curriculum requirements within your area of study.

The information above is effective for students who first enroll at Purdue West Lafayette after March 1, 2011. AP transfer credit criteria are subject to change without notice.