AP French Language and Culture credit: what score you need
The minimum qualifying score, credit hours and course equivalent at 1,773 colleges that publish an AP French Language and Culture policy.
Quick answer
1,487 of 1,773 colleges (84%) award credit for AP French Language and Culture at a score of 3. 264 require a 4 and 22 require a 5. The most commonly awarded amount is 6 credit hours. Each row below links to the college’s own published policy page. Data captured July 30, 2026.
Placement is not credit
A further 14 colleges publish an AP French Language and Culture policy that grants placement only — you may skip the introductory course, but you earn no credit hours toward the degree and the cost of those hours does not go away. Those colleges are deliberately excluded from the counts above.
Colleges that award credit for AP French Language and Culture
Showing 120 of 1,773 colleges, lowest qualifying score first. Narrow by state below for the full list in your state.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana | 1 | 4 | ROFR 10101 | Policy |
 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan | 2 | 0 | Waive FRN 101, 102 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | 2 | 8 | FREN 1441 & 1442 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas | 2 | 8 | FRN 1014, FRN 1024 | Policy |
 Austin Community College District Austin, Texas | 2 | — | 1411 & 1412 | Policy |
 Tarleton State University Stephenville, Texas | 2 | 4 | FREN 1411 | Policy |
 Weatherford College Weatherford, Texas | 2 | 8 | FREN 1411/1412 | Policy |
 SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, New York | 2 | 4 | FREN 101: Contemporary French I | Policy |
 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire | 3 | 6 | LFR-111 & LFR-112 | Policy |
 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, Arizona | 3 | 8 | FRE 201, 202 | Policy |
 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, Texas | 3 | 8 | FREN 101, 102 | Policy |
 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida | 3 | — | FRE 2200 | Policy |
 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana | 3 | 6 | FREN 201 & 202 | Policy |
 Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia | 3 | 6 | FREN 101 Elementary French I FREN 102 Elementary French II | Policy |
 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland | 3 | 6 | FREN 211 and FREN elective | Policy |
 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, Texas | 3 | 8 | FREN 1411 and 1412 | Policy |
 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, Ohio | 3 | 8 | French 1101 & 1102 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas | 3 | 6 | FR 601C | Policy |
 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho | 3 | 8 | FR 101 and FR 102 | Policy |
 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona | 3 | 8 | FREN 201 & 202 | Policy |
 Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, Texas | 3 | 4 | FREN 1411 | Policy |
 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, Indiana | 3 | — | FR 10100 & 10200 | Policy |
 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia | 3 | 6 | FREN 1001 & 1002 | Policy |
 Florida International University Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | XXX 2200 | Policy |
 Houston Community College Houston, Texas | 3 | 8 | FREN 1411-2 Beginning French I-II | Policy |
 University of Houston Houston, Texas | 3 | 6 | FREN 2311, FREN 2312 | Policy |
 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 101 (3), FREN 102 (3) | Policy |
 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana | 3 | 3 | FRIT-F 200 | Policy |
 University of South Florida Tampa, Florida | 3 | 3 | FRE 2200 (3) | Policy |
 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | FRENCH 203 | Policy |
 Valencia College Orlando, Florida | 3 | 3 | FRE 2200 | Policy |
 Miami Dade College Miami, Florida | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 | Policy |
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois | 3 | 4 | French 103 | Policy |
 Texas State University San Marcos, Texas | 3 | 14 | FR 1410, 1420, 2310 & 2320 | Policy |
 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 201A & 101B | Policy |
 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 | Policy |
 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California | 3 | 8 | LIFR/LIGM/LIIT/LISP 1C/ICX. | Policy |
 University of North Texas Denton, Texas | 3 | 6 | FREN 1010 & 1020 | Policy |
 San Diego State University San Diego, California | 3 | 6 | FRENC 201 and FRENC 210 | Policy |
 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 8 | FRNCH 4 | Policy |
 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas | 3 | 10 | FREN 1501, 1502 | Policy |
 California State University-Northridge Northridge, California | 3 | 6 | Consult MCLL Chair | Policy |
 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 | 6 | FR 101, FR 102 | Policy |
 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah | 3 | 8 | FREN 101, 102 | Policy |
 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 | Policy |
 University of California-Davis Davis, California | 3 | 8 | FRE 003 | Policy |
 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington | 3 | 5 | FRENCH 201 | Policy |
 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado | 3 | 3 | FREN 2110 | Policy |
 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia | 3 | 4 | FREN 1002 | Policy |
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | FR 2XXX(ELECTIVE) | Policy |
 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, Maryland | 3 | 4 | Lower Level Elective [consult French department for placement] | Policy |
 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon | 3 | 12 | FR 211,212,213 | Policy |
 University of California-Irvine Irvine, California | 3 | 8 | FRENCH 1A-FRENCH 1B-FRENCH 1C. Satisfies category VI of the UCI GE requirement | Policy |
 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 | 8 | FREN 1001 and 1002 | Policy |
 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, Ohio | 3 | 6 | FREN 1013 & FREN 1014 | Policy |
 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | 6 | FREN 211-212 | Policy |
 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, South Carolina | 3 | 4 | FREN 121 | Policy |
 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 2A & Foreign Language Requirement | Policy |
 College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 4 | FREN 111 | Policy |
 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3 | 3 | FREN 10103, FREN 10203 & FREN 20103 | Policy |
 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 3 | FREN 2001 | Policy |
 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia | 3 | 6 | FREN 110 | Policy |
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas | 3 | 6 | FREN 1311, FREN 1312 | Policy |
 San Jose State University San Jose, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 001A | Policy |
 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | WLF 102 | Policy |
 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah | 3 | 8 | FRNCH 1010 & FRNCH 1020 | Policy |
 Collin County Community College District McKinney, Texas | 3 | 8 | FREN 1411 & 1412 | Policy |
 American River College Sacramento, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama | 3 | 4 | FLFR 1010 | Policy |
 Mt San Antonio College Walnut, California | 3 | 6 | FRCH 1 + FRCH 2 | Policy |
FSU Full Sail University Winter Park, Florida | 3 | 3 | FRE 2310 | Policy |
 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado | 3 | 3 | LFRE 200 | Policy |
 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | 3 | 8 | French 1010, 1020 | Policy |
 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California | 3 | 6 | FRE 1111 and FRE 1112 | Policy |
 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 3 | FREN 113 | Policy |
 Broward College Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 or two semesters of intermediate-level FRE language course | Policy |
 Ashford University San Diego, California | 3 | 6 | INTERCULTURAL & GLOBAL AWARENESS COMPETENCY | Policy |
 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | French 230 | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | FREN 1201 | Policy |
 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 | Policy |
 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California | 3 | 8 | French 1-3 | Policy |
 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | 6 | FR 201 & 202 | Policy |
 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri | 3 | 3 | French 2100 | Policy |
 San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, Texas | 3 | 8 | FREN 1411 and 1412 | Policy |
 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona | 3 | 8 | FRE 201 & 202 | Policy |
 El Paso Community College El Paso, Texas | 3 | — | FREN 1411 | Policy |
 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina | 3 | 8 | FR 1010, 1020 | Policy |
 Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California | 3 | 10 | FREN 101, 102 | Policy |
 Long Beach City College Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 99P | — |
 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois | 3 | 4 | FR 103 | Policy |
 Washington State University Pullman, Washington | 3 | 8 | French 101, 102 | Policy |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California | 3 | 9 | FR 201 and Elective Units | Policy |
 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | 5 | FR 1115 | Policy |
 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas | 3 | 6 | FREN 1311, 1312 | Policy |
 Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California | 3 | 5 | French 3 | Policy |
 California State University-Fresno Fresno, California | 3 | 6 | FREN 2A & FREN 2B | Policy |
 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia | 3 | 6 | FREN 1001, FREN 1002 | Policy |
 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | FREN 1713, 1813, 2713, 2723 | Policy |
 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia | 3 | 3 | FREN 202 | Policy |
 Pasadena City College Pasadena, California | 3 | 5 | FRNC 001 | Policy |
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | FREN Elective, Placement into FREN 203 | Policy |
 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas | 3 | 12 | FREN 1301, 1302, 2301 & 2302 | Policy |
 Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, Florida | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | FR 231 | Policy |
 Utah State University Logan, Utah | 3 | 8 | FREN 1010 + FREN 1020 | Policy |
 University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York | 3 | 3 | FR112DIS | Policy |
 San Francisco State University San Francisco, California | 3 | 8 | FR 101 & 102 | Policy |
 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina | 3 | 12 | FREN 1001-02/2003-04 | Policy |
 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas | 3 | 8 | FREN 120 and 230 | Policy |
 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 10 | FR 111, FR 112 | Policy |
 Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina | 3 | 6 | FRE 1040 & 1050 | Policy |
 Kent State University at Kent Kent, Ohio | 3 | 8 | FR 13201 & 13202 | Policy |
 Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan | 3 | 8 | FRE 101 & 102 | Policy |
 University of Mississippi University, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | Fr 102 | Policy |
 University of Delaware Newark, Delaware | 3 | 3 | FREN 107 | Policy |
FCC Fresno City College Fresno, California | 3 | 5 | FRENCH 3 | — |
AP French Language and Culture credit by state
How we ranked this
One row per 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 are excluded and counted separately above. Where a college publishes only a major-specific rule, we do not promote it to a school-wide minimum. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced as the college published them; “—” means the college published no value for that field. Colleges are ordered by minimum score, then by enrolment, so the easiest routes to credit appear first — this is not a quality ranking.
Frequently asked questions
What AP French Language and Culture score do you need for college credit?+
Of the 1,773 colleges with a published AP French Language and Culture credit policy, 1,487 (84%) award credit at a score of 3, 264 require a 4, and 22 require a 5. There is no single national threshold — the requirement is set by each college, so check the table on this page for the schools on your list.
How many college credits is AP French Language and Culture worth?+
The most commonly published award is 6 credit hours, but it varies by college and by the score earned — several colleges award more hours for a 4 or 5 than for a 3. The Credits column in the table shows each college's own published figure; a dash means the college publishes a policy but no credit-hour number, and we do not estimate one.
Do all colleges accept AP French Language and Culture?+
No. This page covers the 1,773 colleges that publish a credit-bearing policy for AP French Language and Culture, plus 14 more whose policy for this exam grants placement only — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours. Colleges absent from this list either publish no policy for this exam or grant nothing for it. Absence here is not proof a college rejects the exam; it means we have no published rule to cite.
Where can I verify a college's AP French Language and Culture policy?+
Every row links to the college's own advanced-standing or AP credit page in the Source column. That page is authoritative and current; our copy is a snapshot taken July 30, 2026. Policies change between admission cycles, so verify at the source before counting on credit in a graduation plan.
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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.