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.