AP Art History credit at Illinois colleges
Every Illinois college with a published AP Art History credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
71 of 82 Illinois colleges (87%) award credit for AP Art History at a score of 3. 9 require a 4 and 2 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (3 credit hours). 82 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | ART 1 - - | Policy | |
| 3 | 8 | AH 110 & 111 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | Art 155,156 | Policy | |
 Loyola University Chicago Chicago | 3 | 3 | FNAR 200 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTH 282 | Policy | |
 College of Lake County Grayslake | 3 | 3 | ART 121 | Policy |
 Joliet Junior College Joliet | 3 | 6 | ART 115 & 119 | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville | 3 | 3 | ART 111 | Policy |
 William Rainey Harper College Palatine | 3 | 3 | ART 105 | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | 3 | 3 | AD 101 | Policy |
 Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills | 3 | 3 | ART-110 | Policy |
 Columbia College Chicago Chicago | 3 | 6 | ARTH 110 Visual Arts Survey: Prehistoric to 1800 and ARTH 111 Visual Arts Survey: 1800 to Present | Policy |
 Triton College River Grove | 3 | 3 | ART 111 or 112 | Policy |
 Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove | 3 | 3 | Elective Credit | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | Arth Elec | Policy | |
ICC Illinois Central College East Peoria | 3 | 3 | ART 110 | Policy |
 Eastern Illinois University Charleston | 3 | 3 | ART 2601G | Policy |
 Rock Valley College Rockford | 3 | 3 | ART 131 | Policy |
 McHenry County College Crystal Lake | 3 | 6 | ART-171 & ART-172 | Policy |
 National Louis University Chicago | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 Aurora University Aurora | 3 | 4 | Art Elective | Policy |
 Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | 3 | 3 | ART 204 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 101 | Policy | |
 Bradley University Peoria | 3 | 6 | Art and Hum elective | Policy |
 Lewis University Romeoville | 3 | 3 | ARTS 39100 | Policy |
 Parkland College Champaign | 3 | — | ART 165 | Policy |
 Saint Xavier University Chicago | 3 | 3 | ART 103 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ART 211 & 212 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | HUM 192 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Morton College Cicero | 3 | 6 | ART 125 & ART 126 | Policy |
 Roosevelt University Chicago | 3 | 3 | ART 101 | Policy |
 Governors State University University Park | 3 | 3 | ART 1111 | Policy |
 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais | 3 | 3 | ART elective | Policy |
 Prairie State College Chicago Heights | 3 | — | ART 121 | Policy |
 Black Hawk College Moline | 3 | 3 | ART 281 | Policy |
 John A Logan College Carterville | 3 | 3 | ART 220 | Policy |
 South Suburban College South Holland | 3 | 6 | ART 105 and ART 106 | Policy |
 Kankakee Community College Kankakee | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
IVCC | 3 | 6 | ART 1000 and ART 1010 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FNAR 1000 (QCA) | Policy | |
 Kishwaukee College Malta | 3 | 3 | ART 282 | Policy |
 McKendree University Lebanon | 3 | 3 | Art Elective | Policy |
 Moody Bible Institute Chicago | 3 | 6 | Humanities or Open Elective | Policy |
 Millikin University Decatur | 3 | 3 | AR1xx | Policy |
 Chicago State University Chicago | 3 | 3 | ART 2101 or 2102 | Policy |
 Richland Community College Decatur | 3 | — | ART 100 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 111 | Policy | |
DACC Danville Area Community College Danville | 3 | 6 | ARTS 111 & 112 | Policy |
 Concordia University-Chicago River Forest | 3 | 3 | ART 1100 | Policy |
 University of St Francis Joliet | 3 | 3 | ARTD 257 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Carl Sandburg College Galesburg | 3 | 6 | ART 112 & ART 113 | Policy |
 Quincy University Quincy | 3 | 3 | AHI 283 OR AHI 285 | Policy |
 Knox College Galesburg | 3 | 1 | Art 105 and 106 | Policy |
 Rockford University Rockford | 3 | 3 | ARTH 279 | Policy |
 Highland Community College Freeport | 3 | 3 | ART 215 | Policy |
 Illinois College Jacksonville | 3 | 4 | AR 102 Western Art and Culture | Policy |
 Greenville University Greenville | 3 | 3 | Creative/Performing Arts | Policy |
 Trinity Christian College Palos Heights | 3 | 3 | Art 103 | Policy |
 Spoon River College Canton | 3 | 6 | ART122/ART123 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 117 | Policy | |
 Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg | 3 | 3 | ART 121 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 1181 | Policy | |
 Wabash Valley College Mount Carmel | 3 | 3 | ART 1181 | Policy |
 Eureka College Eureka | 3 | 3 | Art Elective | Policy |
 Lincoln Trail College Robinson | 3 | 3 | ART 1181* | Policy |
 Principia College Elsah | 3 | 3 | ARTH 101 | Policy |
FCC Frontier Community College Fairfield | 3 | 3 | ART 1181 | Policy |
TIUI | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island | 3 | 3 | Humanities Elective | Policy |
 DePaul University Chicago | 4 | 4 | HAA 130 | Policy |
 Augustana College Rock Island | 4 | 4 | ARHI-161-AP | Policy |
NCC North Central College Naperville | 4 | 4 | ART Elective | Policy |
 Dominican University River Forest | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Wheaton College Wheaton | 4 | 2 | ART 101 | Policy |
 North Park University Chicago | 4 | — | Conditionally qualified | Policy |
 Lake Forest College Lake Forest | 4 | 1.0 | Art History credit | Policy |
 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington | 4 | 1 | ART 115, AR | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Northwestern University Evanston | 5 | 1 | ART_HIST 2XX | Policy |
 University of Chicago Chicago | 5 | 100 | — | Policy |
AP Art History credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per Illinois 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 Illinois colleges give credit for AP Art History?+
82 colleges in Illinois publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Art History. 71 of them (87%) award credit at a score of 3, 9 require a 4, and 2 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 Art History score that earns credit in Illinois?+
3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign awards credit at a score of 3, worth 3 credit hours, counting as ART 1 - -. 71 Illinois colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in Illinois?+
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 Illinois AP credit policies?+
82 of the 82 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.
Keep exploring
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.