AP 2-D Art and Design credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP 2-D Art and Design credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
75 of 101 New York colleges (74%) award credit for AP 2-D Art and Design at a score of 3. 22 require a 4 and 4 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (6 credit hours). 100 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 University at Buffalo Buffalo | 3 | 6 | ART105LAB | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | FCCE | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 130 | Policy | |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | LAE 499 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | 3-credit elective; see Communication Design department chairperson for portfolio evaluation if credit for a specific COMD course is sought | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 6 | AART 110 , AART E10 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | ART 99902 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART elective | Policy | |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 3 | HUA 104 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | ARTD.-2210 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | ART-1000 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 3 | ART 275 | Policy |
| 3 | — | ART 112 - 2D Design | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 3 | ART 109 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 3 | FA020 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTS 115 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | ARS193 and ARS193 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ATS 102 Design I | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | Elective | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ART 102 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 6 | ART NE | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | ART 210 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | AAD 102 and DES 1XX | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 3 | 3 | Art Elective | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | FA 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 4 | ART 18888 - Art Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | F/ARTS 1TR, ARTS 1TR | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | ART 104 = non-Art majors ART elective for Art majors | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FNAT 8800-Fine Arts Elective | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | ARTD 103 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 3 | ART 1010 | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Design Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FA105 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | ARTS 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 999 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | General Elective | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 3 | FPA Core | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | FAA elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTS 000 | Policy | |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Non-liberal arts credit hours | Policy |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 3 | FIA Elective | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | ART Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTD 103 | Policy | |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 3 | ART 105 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 4 | ARTS 120 | Policy |
 St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 3 | 3 | VA-9999 | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | ART 110 | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | FAS 110 | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 3 | ART-103 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | AR103 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 110 | Policy | |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | IMA-110 | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 3 | ART 2030 | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | HUMN 401 | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | ART-AP2 | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | AEM 105 | Policy | |
 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | ART 203 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | ART-101 | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 4 | Art and Music General Education | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 3 | ART 111 | — |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 4 | 3 | FDTN 121 | Policy |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 4 | 3 | ART 105 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 4 | 3 | Need to meet with art department | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | ART 164 | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | — | A maximum of four credits in studio arts awarded upon completion of 100-level course with "B" or better. | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | ARTS-1220, Fundamentals of 2-D Design | Policy | |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 3 | ART 101N Fund Art Design | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | CREA 112 | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | Studio Elective | Policy |
 Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 3 | ARTS 2001 | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | DA 110 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 4 | 3 | ART 1T1 | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 6 | ART ELECTIVE | Policy |
| 4 | 2 | — | Policy | |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 4 | ART 100 | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Fine Arts Pillar | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 5 | 3 | Studio Elective | Policy |
 School of Visual Arts New York | 5 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 5 | 3 | — | Policy |
AP 2-D Art and Design credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per New York college: the lowest score that earns actual credit under the policy that applies to all students, and the largest credit award published at that score. Placement-only policies — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours — are excluded. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced exactly as the college published them; “—” means no value was published and we do not estimate one. A page is published for a state only when at least 8 colleges back it.
Frequently asked questions
Which New York colleges give credit for AP 2-D Art and Design?+
101 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP 2-D Art and Design. 75 of them (74%) award credit at a score of 3, 22 require a 4, and 4 require a 5. The full list, with credit hours and the course each exam replaces, is in the table on this page.
What is the lowest AP 2-D Art and Design score that earns credit in New York?+
3. University at Buffalo in Buffalo awards credit at a score of 3, worth 6 credit hours, counting as ART105LAB. 75 New York colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in New York?+
No. AP credit policy is set per institution and applies to admitted students regardless of residency — residency affects tuition rate, not credit awards. What does vary is the school within a university: engineering and nursing colleges commonly set higher bars than arts and sciences. The rules shown here are the ones that apply to all students at each college.
How do I verify these New York AP credit policies?+
100 of the 101 colleges on this page link to their own published AP credit page in the Source column; our snapshot was taken July 30, 2026. The college's page is authoritative and can change between admission cycles, so confirm there before building a graduation plan around the credit.
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Data sources: Each college's own published AP / advanced-standing credit page (captured July 30, 2026) · IPEDS institution directory (names, control, location). Figures are the most recent values published in each federal dataset; cells with no published value are shown as “—” and never estimated. Education does not sell rankings or accept placement fees.