What is the minimum passing score for a CLEP test?
Here is a list of all the CLEP tests, the minimum score and their credits.
Remember, you
need to contact your school to verify that test credit is accepted, the amount of credit you can receive and the score required. Finally, double check with your
academic advisor to make sure you actually NEED that type of credit. For
example, some schools may count English Literature as a communication
art while another will count that test as general education, while another
will count that same test for an elective or interdisciplinary.
Your academic
advisor can be a great source of information about CLEP. If you attend
a public school, chances are your academic advisor will have little if
no experience with this under publicized information. In that case, send
them to this web site!
| CLEP TEST |
SCORE |
CREDIT RECEIVED |
| Composition and Literature Tests |
| American Literature |
50 |
6 credits |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature |
50 |
6 credits |
| College Composition |
50 |
6 credits |
| College Composition Modular |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| English Literature |
50 |
6 credits |
| Humanities |
50 |
6 credits |
| Foreign Languages |
| French Language |
50, 62** |
6-12 credits* |
| German Language |
50, 63** |
6-12 credits* |
| Spanish Language |
50, 66** |
6-12 credits* |
| History and Social Sciences |
| American Government |
50 |
3 credits |
| Human Growth & Development |
50 |
3 credits |
| Introduction to Educational Psychology |
50 |
3 credits |
| Principles of Macroeconomics |
50 |
3 credits |
| Principles of Microeconomics |
50 |
3 credits |
| Introductory Psychology |
50 |
3 credits |
| Introductory Sociology |
50 |
3 credits |
| Social Sciences and History |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| U.S. History I: Early Colonization's to 1877 |
50 |
3 credits |
| U.S. History II: 1865 to the Present |
50 |
3 credits |
| Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 |
50 |
3 credits |
| Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present |
50 |
3 credits |
| Science and Mathematics |
| Biology |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| Calculus |
50 |
3 credits |
| Chemistry |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| College Algebra |
50 |
3 credits |
| College Mathematics |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| Natural Sciences |
50 |
3-6 credits* |
| Precalculus |
50 |
3 credits |
| Business |
| Information Systems and Computer Applications |
50 |
3 credits |
| Introductory Business Law |
50 |
3 credits |
| Financial Accounting |
50 |
3 credits |
| Principles of Management |
50 |
3 credits |
| Principles of Marketing |
50 |
3 credits |
*Depends on your school/university policy (at least 3 credits, but usually
6 credits)
**On foreign language tests, you can get more credit if you hit a higher score. These are the recommended scores to get 12 credit hours.