AP® credit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute gives credit for 33 AP® exams. Add your scores to see the courses and credits you'd get, and what to do if a score falls short.
- 33 AP® exams earn credit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- A 4 earns credit on every exam on Worcester Polytechnic Institute's list
- Up to 3 credits from a single exam
From Worcester Polytechnic Institute's AP® credit policy (wpi.edu). Last checked 28 Oct 2026.
- AP® Biologyscore 4+BB 1000 Biology Elective3
- AP® English Languagescore 4+EN 1000 English Elective3
- AP® US Historyscore 4+HI 1000 History Elective3
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Add up your AP® credit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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An estimate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute's published policy. Two exams that cover the same course (like Calculus AB and BC) may not both count. Worcester Polytechnic Institute decides when your official scores arrive.
See Worcester Polytechnic Institute's full AP® chart (33 exams)
| AP® exam | Score 3 | Score 4 | Score 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| 3-D Art and Design | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| African American Studies | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| Art History | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| Biology | No credit | 3 crBB 1000 Biology Elective | 3 crBB 1000 Biology Elective |
| Calculus AB | No credit | 3 crMA 1021 Calculus I | No credit |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | No credit | 3 crMA 1021 Calculus I | No credit |
| Chemistry | No credit | 3 crCH 1010 Chemical Properties, Bonding, and Forces | 3 crCH 1010 Chemical Properties, Bonding, and Forces |
| Chinese | No credit | 3 crCN 1541 Elementary Chinese I | 3 crCN 1541 Elementary Chinese I |
| Comparative Government | No credit | 3 crGOV 1000 Government, Political Science and Law Elective | 3 crGOV 1000 Government, Political Science and Law Elective |
| Computer Science A | No credit | 3 crCS 1000 Computer Science Elective | 3 crCS 1000 Computer Science Elective |
| Drawing | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| English Language | No credit | 3 crEN 1000 English Elective | 3 crEN 1000 English Elective |
| English Literature | No credit | 3 crEN 1100 English Elective | 3 crEN 1100 English Elective |
| Environmental Science | No credit | 3 crENV 1000 Environmental Studies Elective | 3 crENV 1000 Environmental Studies Elective |
| European History | No credit | 3 crHI 1100 History Elective | 3 crHI 1100 History Elective |
| French | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| German | No credit | 3 crGN 1511 Elementary German I | 3 crGN 1511 Elementary German I |
| Human Geography | No credit | 3 crEL 1000 General Elective | 3 crEL 1000 General Elective |
| Japanese | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| Latin | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
| Macroeconomics | No credit | 3 crECON 1120 Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 crECON 1120 Introductory Macroeconomics |
| Microeconomics | No credit | 3 crECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics | 3 crECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics |
| Music Theory | No credit | 3 crMU 1110 Music Elective | 3 crMU 1110 Music Elective |
| Physics C: E&M | No credit | 3 crPH 1120 General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 crPH 1120 General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism |
| Physics C: Mechanics | No credit | 3 crPH 1110 General Physics: Mechanics | 3 crPH 1110 General Physics: Mechanics |
| Psychology | No credit | 3 crPSY 1400 Introduction to Psychological Science | 3 crPSY 1400 Introduction to Psychological Science |
| Spanish Language | No credit | 3 crSP 1523 Elementary Spanish I | 3 crSP 1523 Elementary Spanish I |
| Spanish Literature | No credit | 3 crSP 1000 Spanish Elective | 3 crSP 1000 Spanish Elective |
| Statistics | No credit | 3 crMA 2611 Applied Statistics I | 3 crMA 2611 Applied Statistics I |
| US Government | No credit | 3 crGOV 1000 Government, Political Science and Law Elective | 3 crGOV 1000 Government, Political Science and Law Elective |
| US History | No credit | 3 crHI 1000 History Elective | 3 crHI 1000 History Elective |
| World History: Modern | No credit | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective | 3 crHU 1100 Humanities Elective |
Copied from Worcester Polytechnic Institute's AP® credit policy (wpi.edu), checked 28 Oct 2026. Worcester Polytechnic Institute sets its own policy and can change it, so credit is never guaranteed.
Missed the score? Don't wait a year.
Retake the AP® exam
12 months
Take a self-paced course
~1 month*
- Take the course onlineStart any day. Go at your own pace.
- It's already rated for creditACE and NCCRS review courses and say how many college credits they're worth.
- Send it to Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic Institute reviews the transcript and decides what counts.
Ask Worcester Polytechnic Institute's registrar before you enroll.
*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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute courses; Worcester Polytechnic Institute decides whether to accept them.
AP® Calculus AB
AP® Statistics
AP® Computer Science A
AP® Biology
AP® Chemistry
AP® Environmental Science
AP® English Language
AP® English Literature
AP® US History
AP® Macroeconomics
AP® Microeconomics
AP® Psychology
AP® French
AP® Art History
Study guides for every AP® exam
A printable PDF for each of the 36 AP® exams, $5 each. The green tag marks the exams Worcester Polytechnic Institute gives credit for.
CreditAfrican American Studies
CreditArt History
CreditBiology
CreditCalculus AB
CreditChemistry
CreditChinese
CreditComparative Government
CreditComputer Science A
CreditEnglish Language
CreditEnglish Literature
CreditEnvironmental Science
CreditEuropean History
CreditFrench
CreditGerman
CreditHuman Geography
CreditJapanese
CreditLatin
CreditMacroeconomics
CreditMicroeconomics
CreditPhysics C: E&M
CreditPhysics C: Mechanics
CreditPsychology
CreditSpanish Language
CreditSpanish Literature
CreditStatistics
CreditUS Government
CreditUS History
CreditWorld History: Modern
Business & Personal Finance
Calculus BC
Computer Science Principles
Cybersecurity
Italian
Physics 1
Physics 2
Pre-Calculus
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| Course | Subject | Credits | Credit recommendation | Link |
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| Business Communication | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Essentials | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Ethics | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Law | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Entrepreneurship | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Financial Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Foundations of Leadership | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Globalization and International Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resources Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| International Business | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leading Organizational Change | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Managerial Accounting | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Marketing Research | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Finance | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Marketing | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Project Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Computer Concepts and Applications | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Current Trends in Computer Science and IT | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Cybersecurity | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Data Structure and Algorithms | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Fundamentals | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Programming | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Fundamentals of Information Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Computing | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to HTML and CSS | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Java | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Javascript | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Linux | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Networking | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Operating Systems | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Network and Systems Security | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C++ | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in Python | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Software Engineering | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| System Analysis and Design | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Math | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 1 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 2 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Discrete Mathematics | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Statistics | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Quantitative Analysis | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| College Algebra | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Precalculus | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 3 (Multivariable) | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Environmental Science | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Finance and Budgeting | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Organization and Management | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resource Management in Healthcare | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 1 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 2 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Medical Terminology | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Abnormal Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Social Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Technical Writing | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Educational Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in the Social Sciences | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Criminology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Sociology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Macroeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Microeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Philosophy | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Diversity | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Personality | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Research Methods in Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| American Literature | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Critical Thinking & Analysis | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
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Questions students ask
What AP® score do I need for credit at Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
A 4 on every exam on the list we show. Some exams earn more with a higher score; add your exams in the calculator above to see each one.
How much credit can one AP® exam earn at Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
Up to 3 credits, on 2-D Art and Design or 3-D Art and Design or African American Studies or Art History and others.
What if my score is too low?
If your score is below what Worcester Polytechnic Institute asks for on that exam, you can retake the exam next May, take a CLEP® exam if Worcester Polytechnic Institute accepts it, or take a self-paced course with an ACE or NCCRS credit recommendation. Worcester Polytechnic Institute decides what counts, so ask before you enroll.
Is AP® credit guaranteed?
No. Worcester Polytechnic Institute sets its own policy and can change it. We copied this from Worcester Polytechnic Institute's AP® credit policy (wpi.edu) on 28 Oct 2026; check the official page before you count on the credit.
Are these official AP® study guides?
No. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, these guides. TransferCredit.org is independent.
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