AP World History: Modern credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP World History: Modern credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
Quick answer
86 of 111 New York colleges (77%) award credit for AP World History: Modern at a score of 3. 23 require a 4 and 2 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 3 at University at Buffalo (6 credit hours). 109 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 | HIS999TRAAL | Policy |
 Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
CBMC | 3 | — | — | Policy |
 CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | History Electives | Policy | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 3 | 3 | Free 100 - Free Elective Credit | Policy |
 CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | LAE 499 | Policy |
| 3 | — | HIS 1102 | Policy | |
 University at Albany Albany | 3 | 6 | AHIS E10 , AHIS E11 | Policy |
 CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | FCWG 10000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HIS elective | Policy | |
 Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 3 | HIS 161 | Policy |
 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 6 | SSH 105 & SSH 106 | Policy |
CBC CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | HIST.-1000E & HIST.-1101 | Policy |
 CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | HIS-242 | Policy |
 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 6 | HST 100 & HST 199 | Policy |
 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 3 | 6 | HIS 117 & HIS 118 | Policy |
| 3 | — | HIS 104 - Global History to 1648 & HIS 106 - Global History from 1648 | Policy | |
 Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 3 | HIS 110 | Policy |
 Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 6 | PC151 & HI010 | Policy |
 Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HIST 135 | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | HIS200 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | HIS 100 The World to 1500 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | HIS 10 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | HIS XXXX | Policy | |
 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 6 | HIST101+HIST102 | Policy |
 Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 3 | HIS 101 | Policy |
 SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 3 | HST 202 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | HIS 230 and HIS 231 | Policy | |
 CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | HIST 999 | Policy |
 Rockland Community College Suffern | 3 | 3 | HIS 112 | — |
 SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | M/HIST 1TR, HIST 1TR | Policy |
SCP SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | GEWH 9100-General Ed Elect: World History | Policy | |
 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 3 | — | — | Policy |
SJSU St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | Core/Elective | Policy |
 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 6 | HIST 210, HIST 310 | Policy |
 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 3 | 3 | HIS 278 | Policy |
 SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 3 | Western Civilization II | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HI101 | Policy | |
 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 6 | HIS 112 & HIS 122 | Policy |
SF SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | HIST 1TR | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HIS 112 | Policy | |
| 3 | 3 | HIST 107: World History Since 1500 | Policy | |
 Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 6 | HST 101 & HST 201 | Policy |
 Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | HIS Elective (H) | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HIST 120 | Policy | |
 Utica University Utica | 3 | 3 | HIS 145 - Asia and the World | Policy |
 Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | Free Elective Credit | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | Elective credits | Policy | |
 Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 3 | HIS 102 | Policy |
 SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 3 | HIST 100 | Policy |
 St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 6 | HIS-1302 Survey of World History Since 1500 & HIS-ELE History Elective (Gen Ed - Our World, Past and Present x2) | Policy |
 St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 3 | 3 | HIST-361 | Policy |
 Nazareth University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Liberal Arts Elective | Policy |
 SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 3 | HIST 151 - World History to 1600 | Policy |
| 3 | — | — | Policy | |
| 3 | 4 | — | Policy | |
 Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
 Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 3 | HIS-105 | Policy |
| 3 | 6 | — | Policy | |
 Marymount Manhattan College New York | 3 | 3 | HIST 218 | Policy |
 Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | HI120 | Policy |
 Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 6 | HIS 119 and HIS 000 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HSTY 111 | Policy | |
 D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | HIS-103 | Policy |
 Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 3 | HIS 1036 | Policy |
 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | GERG 000 General Education: World History and Global Awareness | Policy |
 LIM College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Hartwick College Oneonta | 3 | 3 | HIST-AP3 | Policy |
 Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 3 | HI 453 | Policy |
| 3 | 3 | HST ELCT | Policy | |
 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 3 | Western Civilization or History Elective | Policy |
 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 3 | History & Social Sciences | Policy |
 Hilbert College Hamburg | 3 | 3 | HI 289 | Policy |
 Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 3 | HIS-113 | Policy |
 Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 3 | HUM 201: Enduring Questions | Policy |
NCCC North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 6 | HIS 103 AND HIS 104 | — |
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 |
 Syracuse University Syracuse | 4 | 6 | HST 121 & 122 | Policy |
 Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Pace University New York | 4 | 6 | HIS 107, 108 | Policy |
 Hofstra University Hempstead | 4 | 3 | HIST 999H | Policy |
| 4 | 4 | STSO 1000 | Policy | |
 Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 6 | HIS105,HIS106 | Policy |
 Marist College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 3 | HIST 101L | Policy |
 Ithaca College Ithaca | 4 | 3 | HIST 18888 - History Elective | Policy |
 Touro University New York | 4 | 6 | HIS BLCR | Policy |
 Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | HIST 1EL | Policy |
 Barnard College New York | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
 Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 6 | His/Hist Elective, General Elective | Policy |
 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 St. John Fisher University Rochester | 4 | 3 | HIST Core course | Policy |
 Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 3 | HIST 101 | Policy |
 St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
| 4 | 2 | — | Policy | |
 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
 Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
 Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 3 | Humanities Pillar, Global Perspectives | Policy |
| 4 | 3 | — | Policy | |
 University of Rochester Rochester | 5 | 4 | Elective history credit. A maximum of four credits in History will be awarded. | Policy |
 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP World History: Modern 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 World History: Modern?+
111 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP World History: Modern. 86 of them (77%) award credit at a score of 3, 23 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 World History: Modern 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 HIS999TRAAL. 86 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?+
109 of the 111 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.