AP® credit at University of Iowa

Add up your AP® credit at University of Iowa

Tap the exams you took (or plan to take), then pick your score.

Missed the score? Don't wait a year.

1. Take the course onlineStart any day. Go at your own pace.
2. ACENCCRSIt's already rated for creditACE and NCCRS review courses and say how many college credits they're worth.
3. Send it to University of IowaUniversity of Iowa reviews the transcript and decides what counts.

Ask University of Iowa's registrar before you enroll. University of Iowa's CLEP® policy is on the University of Iowa credit page.

*UPI Study says its students finish a course in 28–30 days on average.

A backup course for each AP® exam

Same subject, self-paced, with ACE/NCCRS credit recommendations. They aren't University of Iowa courses; University of Iowa decides whether to accept them.

• AP® Calculus AB

  • Calculus 14 cr

• AP® Calculus BC

  • Calculus 14 cr
  • Calculus 24 cr

• AP® Pre-Calculus

  • Precalculus3 cr

• AP® Statistics

  • Principles of Statistics3 cr

• AP® Computer Science A

  • Introduction to Java3 cr

• AP® Computer Science Principles

  • Introduction to Computing3 cr

• AP® Biology

  • Intro to Biology 13 cr
  • Intro to Biology 23 cr

• AP® Chemistry

  • Chemistry I3 cr
  • Chemistry Lab1 cr

• AP® Environmental Science

  • Environmental Science1 cr

• AP® Physics 1

  • Physics I3 cr
  • Physics Lab1 cr

• AP® English Language

  • English Composition I3 cr
  • English Composition II3 cr

• AP® English Literature

  • American Literature3 cr

• AP® US History

  • U.S. History I3 cr
  • U.S. History II3 cr

• AP® Macroeconomics

  • Macroeconomics3 cr

• AP® Microeconomics

  • Microeconomics3 cr

• AP® Psychology

  • Introduction to Psychology3 cr

• AP® French

  • French I3 cr
  • French II3 cr

• AP® Art History

  • Art History I3 cr
  • Art History II3 cr

• CreditAfrican American Studies44 pages, $5
• CreditArt History55 pages, $5
• CreditBiology54 pages, $5
• CreditCalculus AB39 pages, $5
• CreditCalculus BC45 pages, $5
• CreditChemistry47 pages, $5
• CreditChinese39 pages, $5
• CreditComparative Government45 pages, $5
• CreditComputer Science A41 pages, $5
• CreditComputer Science Principles42 pages, $5
• CreditEnglish Language46 pages, $5
• CreditEnglish Literature47 pages, $5
• CreditEnvironmental Science55 pages, $5
• CreditEuropean History54 pages, $5
• CreditFrench48 pages, $5
• CreditGerman37 pages, $5
• CreditHuman Geography47 pages, $5
• CreditItalian38 pages, $5
• CreditJapanese37 pages, $5
• CreditLatin48 pages, $5
• CreditMacroeconomics44 pages, $5
• CreditMicroeconomics42 pages, $5
• CreditPhysics 145 pages, $5
• CreditPhysics 244 pages, $5
• CreditPhysics C: E&M40 pages, $5
• CreditPhysics C: Mechanics43 pages, $5
• CreditPre-Calculus32 pages, $5
• CreditPsychology49 pages, $5
• CreditSpanish Language47 pages, $5
• CreditSpanish Literature47 pages, $5
• CreditStatistics40 pages, $5
• CreditUS Government45 pages, $5
• CreditUS History55 pages, $5
• CreditWorld History: Modern54 pages, $5
• Business & Personal Finance37 pages, $5
• Cybersecurity36 pages, $5

Pick how you want to study

90+ online college courses

Self-paced UPI Study courses with ACE/NCCRS credit recommendations. One course is $250; plans start at about $41/month with the yearly plan.

Courses and prices from upistudy.com, checked 29 Oct 2026. UPI Study is a separate site; course links open upistudy.com with the code transfercreditspecial applied.

Questions students ask

Every way to earn credit at University of Iowa

• AP® exams

  40 exams

  From a 3 up. You're on this page.

  Add up my AP® credit
• CLEP® exams

  12 exams

  Up to 37 credits listed on our University of Iowa page. Take them any month.

  See University of Iowa's CLEP® list
• ACE/NCCRS courses

  90+ courses

  University of Iowa decides what counts.

  See the courses