AP Seminar credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Seminar credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
42 of 48 New York colleges (88%) award credit for AP Seminar at a score of 3. 5 require a 4 and 1 requires a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at Stony Brook University (3 credit hours). 48 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 1 | ELECTIVE | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | Free 100 - Free Elective Credit | Policy |
| 3 | — | LIB 1201 | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 3 | ACAS E10 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | HUM 99902: Elective Credit Liberal Arts | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | EDU elective | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | HUM 999 | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 6 | ELEC 1000 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | INDS.-1001 & INDS.-1011 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | ELEC-1000 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 3 | ELEC 1000 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 6 | HU010, HU020 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | ELT000 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | LAS 1XX Liberal Arts elective credit | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | Electives | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | LAS XXXX | Policy | |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 3 | ENG 110 or ENG NE | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | BRK 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | CWP 101 | Policy | |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | HUM 999 | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 3 | TRAN 18888 - Transfer Elective | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | CLP 1XX | Policy |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 3 | HUM-Elective | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 3 | DATA 101 | Policy |
 Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 6 | ELE LASG, ELE LASG | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Elective for BA and BS majors only | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | LART 099 | Policy |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Liberal arts credit hours | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 3 | 6 | OPEN ELECTIVE | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | WRT 102 | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 3 | General Elective | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 3 | GEN 000 | Policy |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 4 | XAS0190-200 (Arts & Science Elective) | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | ENGL 201: Writing in the Arts and Sciences | Policy | |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP Seminar 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 Seminar?+
48 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Seminar. 42 of them (88%) award credit at a score of 3, 5 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 Seminar score that earns credit in New York?+
3. Stony Brook University in Stony Brook awards credit at a score of 3, worth 3 credit hours. 42 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?+
48 of the 48 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.