| CLEP Exams | Abbreviation Key |
| Exam credit recommendations are based on the University's current catalog and are subject to change. For more information, please contact credit@apus.edu. | |
| Name of Exam | ACE Recommended | APUS Course Equivalent | ACE Passing Score |
| American Government | 3 LL PS | POLS210 | 50 & above |
| American Literature | 6 LL LI | LITR220/221 | 50 & above |
| Analysis & Interpretation of Literature | 6 LL LI | 50 & above | |
| Calculus with Elementary Functions | 6 LL MA | MATH225 | 50 & above |
| College Algebra | 3 LL MA | MATH110 | 50 & above |
| College Algebra-Trigonometry | 3 LL MA | MATH111 | 50 & above |
| College Mathematics | 6 LL MA | MATH125 | 50 & above |
| English Composition (with or without Essay) | 6 LL EN | ENGL101/102 | 50 & above |
| English Literature | 6 LL LI | LITR210/211 | 50 & above |
| French | 6 or 12 LL HU | FREN100/101 | 50 & above |
| Freshman College Composition | 6 LL EN | ENGL101/102 | 50 & above |
| General Biology | 6 LL * (see below) | SCIN100 | 50 & above |
| General Chemistry | 6 LL * (see below) | SCIN102 | 50 & above |
| German | 6 or 12 LL HU | GERM100/101 | 50 & above |
| History of the United States I: Early Colonizations to 1877 | 3 LL HI | HIST101 | 50 & above |
| History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present | 3 LL HI | HIST102 | 50 & above |
| Human Growth & Development | 3 LL SS | 50 & above | |
| Humanities | 6 LL HU | 50 & above | |
| Information Systems & Computer Applications | 3 LL EL | ITCC101 or ITCC121 | 50 & above |
| Introduction to Educational Psychology | 3 LL EL | 50 & above | |
| Introductory Business Law | 3 LL EL | 50 & above | |
| Introductory Psychology | 3 LL SS | PSYC101 | 50 & above |
| Introductory Sociology | 3 LL SS | SOCI111 | 50 & above |
| Natural Sciences | 6 LL * (see below) | 50 & above | |
| Precalculus | 3 LL MA | MATH111 | 50 & above |
| Principles of Accounting | 3 LL EL | ACCT100 | 50 & above |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 LL SS | ECON102 | 50 & above |
| Principles of Management | 3 LL EL | MGMT310 | 50 & above |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 LL EL | MKTG101 | 50 & above |
| Principles of Microeconomics | 3 LL SS | ECON101 | 50 & above |
| Social Sciences & History | 6 LL HI or SS | 50 & above | |
| Spanish | 6 or 12 LL HU | SPAN100/101 | 50 & above |
| Trigonometry | 3 LL MA | MATH111 | 50 & above |
| Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 | 3 LL HI | HIST121 | 50 & above |
| Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present | 3 LL HI | HIST122 | 50 & above |
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