AP Spanish Literature and Culture credit: what score you need
The minimum qualifying score, credit hours and course equivalent at 1,481 colleges that publish an AP Spanish Literature and Culture policy.
1,154 of 1,481 colleges (78%) award credit for AP Spanish Literature and Culture at a score of 3. 301 require a 4 and 26 require a 5. The most commonly awarded amount is 3 credit hours. Each row below links to the college’s own published policy page. Data captured July 30, 2026.
Placement is not credit
A further 10 colleges publish an AP Spanish Literature and Culture policy that grants placement only — you may skip the introductory course, but you earn no credit hours toward the degree and the cost of those hours does not go away. Those colleges are deliberately excluded from the counts above.
Colleges that award credit for AP Spanish Literature and Culture
Showing 120 of 1,481 colleges, lowest qualifying score first. Narrow by state below for the full list in your state.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana | 1 | 8 | ROSP 10101, 10102 | Policy |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan | 2 | 0 | Waive SPN 101, 102 | Policy |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, New York | 2 | 3 | General Elective | Policy |
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire | 3 | 9 | LSP-211, LSP-212, & LSP Elective | Policy |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, Arizona | 3 | 8 | SPA 201, 202 | Policy |
| Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, Texas | 3 | 3 | SPAN 202 | Policy |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida | 3 | — | SPW 3100 | Policy |
| Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, Indiana | 3 | 11 | SPAN 201, 202 & 240 | Policy |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia | 3 | 9 | SPAN 1XX Spanish Elective-Lower Level SPAN 1XX Spanish Elective-Lower Level SPAN 1XX Spanish Elective-Lower Level | Policy |
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland | 3 | 9 | SPAN and HUMN electives | Policy |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, Ohio | 3 | 12 | Spanish 1101, 1102 & 1103 | Policy |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas | 3 | 12 | SPN 601D, 610D | Policy |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho | 3 | 7 | SPAN 201 and SPAN 202 | Policy |
| University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona | 3 | 8 | SPAN 201 & 202 | Policy |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, Indiana | 3 | — | SPAN 1XXXX | Policy |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1001 & 1002 | Policy |
| Florida International University Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPN 2233 | Policy |
| Houston Community College Houston, Texas | 3 | 14 | SPAN 1411-2312 Spanish I-IV | Policy |
| University of Houston Houston, Texas | 3 | 3 | SPAN 2312 | Policy |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California | 3 | 6 | SPAN 102 (3), SPAN 203 (3) | Policy |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana | 3 | 3 | HISP-S 200 | Policy |
| University of South Florida Tampa, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW 3030 (3) | Policy |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | SPANISH 204 | Policy |
| Valencia College Orlando, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW 2100 | Policy |
| Miami Dade College Miami, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW 2010 | Policy |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois | 3 | 4 | Spanish 141 | Policy |
| Texas State University San Marcos, Texas | 3 | 14 | SPAN 1410, 1420, 2310 & 2320 | Policy |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | SPAN 201A & SPAN 201B | Policy |
| University of Florida Gainesville, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW L000 | Policy |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California | 3 | 8 | LISP 1D/1DX or LTSP 2A | Policy |
| University of North Texas Denton, Texas | 3 | 3 | SPAN 3110 | Policy |
| San Diego State University San Diego, California | 3 | 3 | SPAN 299 | Policy |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 8 | SPAN Literature | Policy |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas | 3 | 10 | SPAN 1501, 1502 | Policy |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge, California | 3 | 8 | SPAN 101 &102 | Policy |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 | 6 | SP 101, SP 102 | Policy |
| Brigham Young University Provo, Utah | 3 | 8 | SPAN 105, 106 | Policy |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW3*** | Policy |
| University of California-Davis Davis, California | 3 | 8 | SPA 023 | Policy |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington | 3 | 5 | SPAN 298 | Policy |
| University of Georgia Athens, Georgia | 3 | 4 | SPAN 1002 | Policy |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | 3 | 3 | SPAN 3320 | Policy |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 2XXX(ELECTIVE) | Policy |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, Maryland | 3 | 3 | Lower Level Elective [contact Spanish advisor for placement] | Policy |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas | 3 | 3 | SPN Literature Elective (3 hrs upper division) | Policy |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon | 3 | 4 | SPAN 299 | Policy |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, California | 3 | 8 | SPANISH 1A-SPANISH 1B-SPANISH 1C. Satisfies category VI of the UCI GE requirement | Policy |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 | 8 | SPAN 1101 and 1102 | Policy |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, Ohio | 3 | 9 | SPAN 1013, 1014 & 2015 | Policy |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 | 6 | SPAN 211-212 | Policy |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, South Carolina | 3 | 4 | SPAN 121 | Policy |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California | 3 | 6 | Foreign Language Requirement | Policy |
| College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 4 | SPAN 111 | Policy |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3 | 3 | SPAN 202H3 | Policy |
| Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 2001 | Policy |
| George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN L488 | Policy |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1311, SPAN 1312 | Policy |
| San Jose State University San Jose, California | 3 | 6 | SPAN 001B | Policy |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | WLS 102 | Policy |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1XXX & SPAN 1XXX | Policy |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut, California | 3 | 6 | SPAN 3 | Policy |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, Florida | 3 | 6 | SPA 2310 and SPA 2320 | Policy |
| Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | 3 | 3 | Spanish 3000* | Policy |
| East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California | 3 | 6 | SPN 2112 | Policy |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 | 3 | SPAN 113 | Policy |
| Broward College Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3 | 3 | One semester of introductory literature | Policy |
| Ashford University San Diego, California | 3 | 9 | INTERCULTURAL & GLOBAL AWARENESS COMPETENCY | Policy |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | Spanish 319 | Policy |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | SPAN 3050 | Policy |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida | 3 | 3 | SPW 2930 | Policy |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California | 3 | 8 | Spanish 1-4 | Policy |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | 3 | 3 | SPA 202 | Policy |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri | 3 | 3 | Spanish 3420 | Policy |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, Texas | 3 | 8 | SPAN 1411 and 1412 | Policy |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona | 3 | 8 | SPA 201 & 202 | Policy |
| Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina | 3 | 8 | SPAN 1010, 1020 | Policy |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, California | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
| Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Long Beach City College Long Beach, California | 3 | 6 | HUMAN 99P (3), to fulfill GE Humanities requirement and SPAN 99P (3) | — |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois | 3 | 4 | SPAN 104 | Policy |
| Washington State University Pullman, Washington | 3 | 4 | Spanish 101 | Policy |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California | 3 | 9 | SPAN 201 and SPAN 202 and Elective Unit | Policy |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | SPAN 3853 | Policy |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | 3 | 6 | — | Policy |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1311, 1312 | Policy |
| Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | Spanish 2002 | Policy |
| Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California | 3 | 5 | — | Policy |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno, California | 3 | 6 | SPAN 3 & SPAN ELECT | Policy |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1001, SPAN 1002 | Policy |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | SPAN 1713, 1813, 2713, 2723 | Policy |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 202 | Policy |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 3 | 3 | SPAN Elective, Placement into SPAN 203 | Policy |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas | 3 | 12 | SPAN 1301, 1302, 2301 & 2302 | Policy |
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, Florida | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 231 | Policy |
| Utah State University Logan, Utah | 3 | 8 | 2 elective courses at the 1000 level | Policy |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York | 3 | 3 | SPA201DIS | Policy |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco, California | 3 | 11 | SPAN 101 (4) + 102 (4) + 205 (3) | Policy |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas | 3 | 8 | SPAN 108 & 212 | Policy |
| University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 4 | Spanish elective (1 Arts & Letters Area course) | Policy |
| Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina | 3 | 6 | SNH 1050 & 2025 | Policy |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, Ohio | 3 | 11 | SPAN 18201, 18202 & 28201 | Policy |
| Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan | 3 | 16 | SPA 101, 102, 201 & 202 | Policy |
| University of Mississippi University, Mississippi | 3 | 3 | Span 201 | Policy |
| Fresno City College Fresno, California | 3 | 5 | SPAN 4 | — |
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, Florida | 3 | 3 | One semester introductory literature | Policy |
| Cerritos College Norwalk, California | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, Ohio | 3 | 11 | SPAN 1110, 1120 & 2110 | Policy |
| Illinois State University Normal, Illinois | 3 | 3 | SPA 233 | Policy |
| Portland Community College Portland, Oregon | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, Georgia | 3 | 6 | SPAN 1001 & SPAN 1002 | Policy |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida | 3 | 3 | One semester of introductory literature | Policy |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 1AP | Policy |
| Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey | 3 | 3 | SPAN LIT Elective | Policy |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia | 3 | 3 | SPAN 201 | Policy |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
AP Spanish Literature and Culture credit by state
How we ranked this
One row per college: the lowest score that earns actual credit under the policy that applies to all students, and the largest credit award published at that score. Placement-only policies are excluded and counted separately above. Where a college publishes only a major-specific rule, we do not promote it to a school-wide minimum. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced as the college published them; “—” means the college published no value for that field. Colleges are ordered by minimum score, then by enrolment, so the easiest routes to credit appear first — this is not a quality ranking.
Frequently asked questions
What AP Spanish Literature and Culture score do you need for college credit?+
Of the 1,481 colleges with a published AP Spanish Literature and Culture credit policy, 1,154 (78%) award credit at a score of 3, 301 require a 4, and 26 require a 5. There is no single national threshold — the requirement is set by each college, so check the table on this page for the schools on your list.
How many college credits is AP Spanish Literature and Culture worth?+
The most commonly published award is 3 credit hours, but it varies by college and by the score earned — several colleges award more hours for a 4 or 5 than for a 3. The Credits column in the table shows each college's own published figure; a dash means the college publishes a policy but no credit-hour number, and we do not estimate one.
Do all colleges accept AP Spanish Literature and Culture?+
No. This page covers the 1,481 colleges that publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Spanish Literature and Culture, plus 10 more whose policy for this exam grants placement only — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours. Colleges absent from this list either publish no policy for this exam or grant nothing for it. Absence here is not proof a college rejects the exam; it means we have no published rule to cite.
Where can I verify a college's AP Spanish Literature and Culture policy?+
Every row links to the college's own advanced-standing or AP credit page in the Source column. That page is authoritative and current; our copy is a snapshot taken July 30, 2026. Policies change between admission cycles, so verify at the source before counting on credit in a graduation plan.
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Data sources: Each college's own published AP / advanced-standing credit page (captured July 30, 2026) · IPEDS institution directory (names, control, location). Figures are the most recent values published in each federal dataset; cells with no published value are shown as “—” and never estimated. CertiHomes Education does not sell rankings or accept placement fees.