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The College-Level Examination Program or CLEP Examinations.

CLEP examinations cover material taught in courses that most students take as requirements in the first two years of college. A college usually grants the same amount of credit to students earning satisfactory scores on the CLEP examination as it grants to students successfully completing that course.

Many examinations are designed to correspond to one-semester courses; some, however, correspond to full-year or two-year courses. Unless stated otherwise in its description, an examination is intended to cover material in a one-semester course. Each exam is 90 minutes long, and except for English Composition with Essay, is made up primarily of multiple-choice questions; however, some exams do have fill-ins.

CLEP provides students of any age the opportunity to demonstrate college-level achievement through a program or exams in undergraduate college courses.  There are 2,900 colleges that grant credit and/or advanced standing for CLEP exams.

Why take CLEP exams?

By taking one or more CLEP exams in your strong subjects, you’ll…

Save Time

Get college credit for what you already know. Be rewarded for what you’ve learned through independent study, advanced high school courses, noncredit adult courses, or professional development.

Save Money

Compare the cost of a CLEP exam, just $55, to hundreds – even thousands – of dollars in tuition.

Make College More Interesting

Move right into advanced courses.

Graduate on Time

CLEP can help you to the finish line if you’re a few credits shy of graduating.

Satisfy a Proficiency Requirement

Demonstrate you’ve already mastered the content of, for example, a basic math or language course. Great for dual-degree candidates or students just a few credits shy of graduation.

What CLEP Exams are Offered?

Composition and Literature

  • American Literature
  • Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
  • English Composition
  • English Literature
  • Freshman College Composition
  • Humanities

Foreign Languages

  •  French Language (Levels 1 and 2)
  • German Language (Levels 1 and 2)
  • Spanish Language (Levels 1 and 2)

History and Social Sciences

  • American Government
  • Human Growth and Development
  • Introduction to Educational Psychology
  • Introductory Psychology
  • Introductory Sociology
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Social Sciences and History
  • History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877
  • History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present
  • Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
  • Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present

Science and Mathematics

  • Biology
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • College Algebra
  • College Mathematics
  • Natural Sciences
  • Precalculus

Business

  •  Financial Accounting
  • Introductory Business Law
  • Information Systems and Computer Applications
  • Principles of Management
  • Principles of Marketing

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