Credit by Examination

UHCL may award college credit for Advanced Placement Examination (AP credit) and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit. We will accept up to a maximum of 30 hours of credit towards a bachelor's degree.

Two ways to earn credit

To receive AP or CLEP credit, we must receive an official score report prior to enrollment in the corresponding college course. Contact the College Board at www.collegeboard.com to request your score report be sent to us. Our school code is 6916. In order to receive credit, your scores must meet the minimum acceptable AP scores or CLEP scores at UHCL.

We also awarded credit in transfer as long as the credit has been posted on your transcript at another regionally accredited community college or university.

Lower-level credit

We will accept AP or CLEP credit courses for the following purposes:

1. To establish your eligibility for undergraduate admissions.
2. To fulfill statutory and core (lower-level) academic requirements for your bachelor's degree.

Upper-level credit

UHCL will accept credit earned through CLEP for upper-level work, but each academic school or department at UHCL will determine whether CLEP credit can be accepted and applied toward specific degree requirements.