AP Art History credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Art History credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
90 of 112 New York colleges (80%) award credit for AP Art History at a score of 3. 21 require a 4 and 1 requires a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (6 credit hours). 110 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 | APC999TR | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 3 | 6 | HOA 105 & 106 | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ART 111, ART 112 | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | FREE 100 - Free Elective | Policy |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | LAE 499 | Policy |
| 3 | — | ARTH 1103 | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 6 | A-ARH 170, 171 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | ART 10000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ART 101 | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 6 | HUA 165 & HUA 166 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | ARTD.-1000E & ARTD.-1010 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | ARH-1000 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 4 | ART 200/201 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 3 | 3 | ART 201 | Policy |
| 3 | — | ART 108 - Art History 1: Ancient to Medieval & ART 109 - Art History 2: Renaissance to Modern | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 6 | ART 118 & 119 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 3 | HA010 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ARTS 100 & ARTS 101 | Policy | |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 3 | 3 | LA 999 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ARH201 and ARH202 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ATH 120 Backgrounds in Art | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ART 11 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | ART 100 | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 3 | ARTT107 | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 6 | ART 101 & ART NE Art Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | Art 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | AAD 252, 251 | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 3 | 6 | Art History Electives | Policy |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 3 | 3 | ART 901L | Policy |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | FA 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 4 | TRAN 18888 - Transfer Elective | Policy |
 Rockland Community College Suffern | 3 | 6 | ART 119 & 120 | — |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 3 | ARTH 1TR | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | FNAT 1313-Art History I | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | ARTH 101, ARTH 151 | Policy |
 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 3 | 3 | ART 103 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 6 | ART 1350 and ART 1360 | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 6 | History of Art Survey I and II | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HU204 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 6 | ART-100 & ART-101 | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | ARTH 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ART 137 & ART 138 | Policy | |
| 3 | 6 | ARTS 201: Art History BC to 16th Century & ARTS 202: Art History 16th to 20th Century | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 3 | FPA 200 | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 6 | FAA 201, 202 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARTS T000 | Policy | |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 3 | 3 | ARTS Core course | Policy |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 6 | FIA 245 - History of Art I and FIA 246 - History of Art II | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | ART 110 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ARTH 101, ARTH 151 | Policy | |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 6 | ART 103 and Art 104 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 6 | ARTH 101 and 102 | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | FA-ELE Fine Arts Elective x2 (Gen Ed - Creative Voices across Cultures) | Policy |
 St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 3 | 6 | ARTH 101, 102 | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 6 | FAH 101 and FAH 102 | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 3 | ART-275, ART-285 OR ART-355 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | AH109 | Policy |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 6 | ART 113 and ART 114 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | ART 101 and ART 102 | Policy | |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | IMA-102 | Policy |
 Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 3 | 3 | ART 107 | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | HUMN 400 | Policy |
 LIM College New York | 3 | 3 | History of Art | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | ARTH-AP | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 6 | AR 222, AR 223 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ARH 206 | Policy | |
 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Art History I | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | ART 232 | Policy |
 Hilbert College Hamburg | 3 | 3 | AHI 103 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | ART-110 | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 4 | Art and Music General Education | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 6 | ART 106 and ART 107 | — |
FTC Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CCC Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 New York University New York | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | 4 | Credit awarded after consultation with the department | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | ARTS 1050 | Policy | |
 Touro University New York | 4 | 6 | COA 101-102 | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | HA-111 | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | CREA 231 | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | ART 185 | Policy |
 Barnard College New York | 4 | 3 | AHIS BC1001 | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | ARTS 100 | Policy |
 Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 4 | 3 | AHI.Q 271 | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 6 | ART ELECTIVE | Policy |
| 4 | 2 | 1 100-level Art History course credit and 1 general elective credit | Policy | |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 4 | ARTH 100 | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Fine Arts Pillar, Western Perspective | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP Art History 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 Art History?+
112 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Art History. 90 of them (80%) award credit at a score of 3, 21 require a 4, and 1 requires 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 New York?+
3. University at Buffalo in Buffalo awards credit at a score of 3, worth 6 credit hours, counting as APC999TR. 90 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?+
110 of the 112 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.