AP Calculus BC credit at Illinois colleges
Every Illinois college with a published AP Calculus BC credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
78 of 86 Illinois colleges (91%) award credit for AP Calculus BC at a score of 3. 8 require a 4 and 0 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 2 at Illinois State University (4 credit hours). 86 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | MAT 145 | Policy | |
 William Rainey Harper College Palatine | 2 | 5 | MTH 200 (with score of 3 or greater on CALC AB) | Policy |
 Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills | 2 | 5 | MTH-150 | Policy |
 Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove | 2 | 4 | MTH 131 | Policy |
| 2 | 4 | Math 133 & placement in Math 134 *With score of 3 or higher on Calculus AB subscore test | Policy | |
 Morton College Cicero | 2 | 5 | MAT 201 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | MATH 234 | Policy | |
 DePaul University Chicago | 3 | 12 | MAT 150, 151 & 152 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | MATH 229 | Policy | |
 College of Lake County Grayslake | 3 | 5 | MTH 145 | Policy |
 Northwestern University Evanston | 3 | 3 | see Mathematics AB | Policy |
 Joliet Junior College Joliet | 3 | 5 | MATH 170 | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville | 3 | 10 | MATH 150 & 152 | Policy |
 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | 3 | 8 | MATH 150 & MATH 250 | Policy |
| 3 | 5 | MTH 190 | Policy | |
 Columbia College Chicago Chicago | 3 | 4 | MATH 220 Calculus I | Policy |
 Triton College River Grove | 3 | 5 | MAT 131 | Policy |
ICC Illinois Central College East Peoria | 3 | 5 | MATH 222 | Policy |
 Eastern Illinois University Charleston | 3 | 5 | MAT 1441G | Policy |
 Rock Valley College Rockford | 3 | 5 | MTH 135 | Policy |
 McHenry County College Crystal Lake | 3 | 5 | MAT-175 | Policy |
 National Louis University Chicago | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 Aurora University Aurora | 3 | 4 | MTH2210 | Policy |
 Lincoln Land Community College Springfield | 3 | 10 | MAT 131 & 132 | Policy |
| 3 | — | Meets math requirement | Policy | |
 Bradley University Peoria | 3 | 4 | Math 121 | Policy |
 Lewis University Romeoville | 3 | 8 | MATH 20900 and MATH 23500 | Policy |
 Parkland College Champaign | 3 | — | MAT 128 | Policy |
 Saint Xavier University Chicago | 3 | 8 | MATH 201-202 | Policy |
| 3 | 9 | MATH 161 & 162 | Policy | |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 Roosevelt University Chicago | 3 | 4 | MATH 231 | Policy |
 Governors State University University Park | 3 | 4 | MATH 2290 | Policy |
 Lake Land College Mattoon | 3 | 9 | MAT 241 & 242 | Policy |
 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais | 3 | 8 | MATH 147 & MATH 148 | Policy |
 Prairie State College Chicago Heights | 3 | — | MATH 171 | Policy |
NCC North Central College Naperville | 3 | 4 | MATH 106 and 151 | Policy |
 Dominican University River Forest | 3 | 8 | MATH 262 | Policy |
 Black Hawk College Moline | 3 | 4 | MATH 124 or 132 | Policy |
 Wheaton College Wheaton | 3 | 4 | MATH 235 | Policy |
 John A Logan College Carterville | 3 | 10 | MAT 131 MAT 201 | Policy |
 South Suburban College South Holland | 3 | 10 | MTH 190 and MTH 203 | Policy |
 Kankakee Community College Kankakee | 3 | 4 | MATH 2524 | Policy |
IVCC | 3 | 5 | MTH 2001 | Policy |
 Kaskaskia College Centralia | 3 | 5 | MATH 166 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | MATH 2210 (QCM) | Policy | |
 Kishwaukee College Malta | 3 | 3 | IAI (GECC) M1900-0 | Policy |
 Lake Forest College Lake Forest | 3 | 1.0 | MATH 110 | Policy |
 McKendree University Lebanon | 3 | 4 | MTH-211 (Calculus II) | Policy |
 Moody Bible Institute Chicago | 3 | 6 | Math/Science or Critical Thinking Elective | Policy |
 Millikin University Decatur | 3 | 3 | MATH 110 | Policy |
 Chicago State University Chicago | 3 | 8 | MATH 1410 and MATH 1420 | Policy |
 Richland Community College Decatur | 3 | — | MATH 121 | Policy |
| 3 | 8 | MAT 220 & 221 | Policy | |
DACC Danville Area Community College Danville | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Concordia University-Chicago River Forest | 3 | 8 | MAT 2500 and MAT 2600 | Policy |
 University of St Francis Joliet | 3 | 9 | MATH 181 / 182 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | MAT 203 | Policy | |
 Carl Sandburg College Galesburg | 3 | 5 | MAT 240 | Policy |
 Quincy University Quincy | 3 | 4 | MAT 242 | Policy |
 Knox College Galesburg | 3 | 1 | MATH 151 | Policy |
 Rockford University Rockford | 3 | 4 | MATH 231 | Policy |
 Highland Community College Freeport | 3 | 5 | MATH 250 | Policy |
 Greenville University Greenville | 3 | 4 | MATH 115 | Policy |
 Trinity Christian College Palos Heights | 3 | 8 | Math 111 & 112 | Policy |
JU Judson University Elgin | 3 | 6 | MAT215 & MAT216 | Policy |
 Spoon River College Canton | 3 | 5 | MAT151 | Policy |
 Monmouth College Monmouth | 3 | 8 | MATH 151 and MATH 152 | Policy |
 Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg | 3 | 5 | MATH 221 | Policy |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 Wabash Valley College Mount Carmel | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Eureka College Eureka | 3 | 5 | MAT171, Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | Policy |
 Lincoln Trail College Robinson | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Principia College Elsah | 3 | 4 | MATH 181 | Policy |
FCC Frontier Community College Fairfield | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
TIUI | 3 | — | MA 122 | Policy |
 VanderCook College of Music Chicago | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 8 | MATH 180 & 181 | Policy | |
 Loyola University Chicago Chicago | 4 | 8 | MATH 161 & MATH 162A | Policy |
 Augustana College Rock Island | 4 | 8 | MATH-160-AP, 220-AP & 230-AP | Policy |
 University of Illinois Springfield Springfield | 4 | 8 | MAT 115 and MAT 116 | Policy |
 North Park University Chicago | 4 | 8 | MATH 1510/1520 | Policy |
 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington | 4 | 1 | Math 100 level elective, FR | Policy |
 Illinois College Jacksonville | 4 | 4 | MA 223 | Policy |
| 4 | 10 | — | Policy |
AP Calculus BC 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 Calculus BC?+
86 colleges in Illinois publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Calculus BC. 78 of them (91%) award credit at a score of 3, 8 require a 4, and 0 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 Calculus BC score that earns credit in Illinois?+
2. Illinois State University in Normal awards credit at a score of 2, worth 4 credit hours, counting as MAT 145. 78 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?+
86 of the 86 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.