AP Biology credit at New York colleges
Every New York college with a published AP Biology credit policy — minimum score, credit hours, and the course it replaces.
81 of 114 New York colleges (71%) award credit for AP Biology at a score of 3. 30 require a 4 and 3 require a 5. The lowest bar in the state is a 2 at SUNY College of Technology at Canton (3 credit hours). 113 of these colleges link to their own policy page below. Captured July 30, 2026.
| College | Min score | Credits | Counts as | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | 2 | 3 | BIOL 101: Intro to Biology | Policy |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo | 3 | 8 | APC999TR | Policy |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York | 3 | 4 | BIO 210 | Policy |
| CUNY Hunter College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Binghamton University Vestal | 3 | 4 | Elective credit | Policy |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | 3 | 4 | BIO 150 | Policy |
| CUNY Queens College Queens | 3 | 3 | LAE 499 | Policy |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn | 3 | — | BIO 1100 | Policy |
| University at Albany Albany | 3 | 8 | ABIO E00 , ABIO E01 | Policy |
| CUNY City College New York | 3 | 3 | BIO 10004 | Policy |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York | 3 | 9 | BIO 103 BIO 104 | Policy |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | 3 | 4 | BIO 101 | Policy |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | 3 | 8 | SCB 201 & SCB 202 | Policy |
| CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | BIOL.-1000E & BIOL.-1010 | Policy |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx | 3 | 3 | BIO-173 | Policy |
| College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | 3 | 8 | BIO 106 & 107 | Policy |
| Farmingdale State College Farmingdale | 3 | 4 | BIO 120 | Policy |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | 3 | — | BIOL 115 - General Biology 1 (and Lab) | Policy |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | 3 | 8 | BIO 155 & 156 | Policy |
| Fashion Institute of Technology New York | 3 | 4 | SC121 | Policy |
| Empire State University Saratoga Springs | 3 | 4 | — | Policy |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | 3 | 3 | BIOL 900 | Policy |
| Hofstra University Hempstead | 3 | 3 | LA 999 | Policy |
| State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz | 3 | 3 | BIO293 | Policy |
| State University of New York at Cortland Cortland | 3 | 4 | BIO 110 | Policy |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | 3 | 3 | Flexible Core | Policy |
| State University of New York at Oswego Oswego | 3 | 4 | BIO 101 | Policy |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | 3 | 8 | BIOL160, BIOL16A, BIOL161, 161A | Policy |
| Long Island University Brookville | 3 | 4 | LART Elective | Policy |
| SUNY Brockport Brockport | 3 | 4 | BIO 111 | Policy |
| SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo | 3 | 6 | BIO100 and BIO 1XX | Policy |
| Marist College Poughkeepsie | 3 | 3 | BIOL 101L Topics in Biology | Policy |
| CUNY York College Jamaica | 3 | 3 | BIO 999 | Policy |
| Ithaca College Ithaca | 3 | 6 | BIOL 11500 & BIOL 18888 - Biology Elective | Policy |
| SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | 3 | 8 | BS 2100 | Policy |
| SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo | 3 | 6 | BIOL 1TR, N/BIOL 1TR (non-major) | Policy |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh | 3 | 8 | BIO 101 and BIO 102 = non-Bio majors BIO elective for Bio majors | Policy |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | 3 | 3 | GENS 9100-General Ed Elect- Natural Science | Policy |
| St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | Biology Core | Policy |
| New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury | 3 | 8 | BIOL 110, BIOL 150 | Policy |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | 3 | 4 | BIO 117 | Policy |
| Molloy College Rockville Centre | 3 | 4 | BIO GEDL (BIO 1260 for Biology Majors with a Score of 5) | Policy |
| SUNY at Purchase College Purchase | 3 | 8 | General Biology I and II with labs Not applicable for Biology majors | Policy |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | 3 | 4 | BI141 | Policy |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | 3 | 8 | BIO 121 & BIO 122 | Policy |
| SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia | 3 | — | BIOL 099 | Policy |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | 3 | 8 | BIO 109 w/Lab & BIO 110 w/Lab | Policy |
| Iona University New Rochelle | 3 | 9 | BIO 101 & BIO 102 | Policy |
| Niagara University Niagara University | 3 | 3 | Free Elective | Policy |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | 3 | 4 | BIOL 130 | Policy |
| Le Moyne College Syracuse | 3 | 3 | Free Elective Credit | Policy |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | 3 | 3 | BIO 100 | Policy |
| SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam | 3 | 4 | BIOL 100 | Policy |
| St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 8 | BIO-ELE Biology Elective x2 (Gen Ed- Science at Work) | Policy |
| St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure | 3 | 4 | Credit granted for 1 semester of BIOL-101 if student has completed 2 semesters of high school biology. | Policy |
| Nazareth University Rochester | 3 | 8 | BIO.Q 109 + Lab, SCI 1T1 | Policy |
| SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | 3 | 8 | BIOL 120 - General Biology I BIOL 121 - General Biology II | Policy |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill | 3 | — | — | Policy |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica | 3 | 4 | BIO 101 | Policy |
| Canisius University Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 1 Field 6 Course | Policy |
| Daemen University Amherst | 3 | 4 | Bio-109 & Bio-109l | Policy |
| Wagner College Staten Island | 3 | — | BI130 & Lab | Policy |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | 3 | 4 | BIO 111 | Policy |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | 3 | 8 | BIOL 104 and BIOL 105 | Policy |
| D'Youville University Buffalo | 3 | 4 | BIO-101/L | Policy |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge | 3 | 8 | BIO 105, 106 | Policy |
| Manhattanville College Purchase | 3 | 8 | BIO 1001 BIO 1002 | Policy |
| SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck | 3 | 3 | GERN 000 | Policy |
| LIM College New York | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Dominican University New York Orangeburg | 3 | 8 | BI 221, BI 222 | Policy |
| Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester | 3 | 4 | Gen. Biology I | Policy |
| St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill | 3 | 4 | BIO 171 & 173 | Policy |
| Hilbert College Hamburg | 3 | 3 | BI 140 | Policy |
| Keuka College Keuka Park | 3 | 4 | BIO-135 | Policy |
| Houghton University Houghton | 3 | 4 | Natural Science General Education | Policy |
| North Country Community College Saranac Lake | 3 | 8 | BIO 101 AND BIO 102 | — |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths | 3 | 4 | BIO 101 | Policy |
| Five Towns College Dix Hills | 3 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Clinton Community College Plattsburgh | 3 | 8 | — | Policy |
| New York University New York | 4 | 8 | BIOL-UA 11, 12 | Policy |
| Syracuse University Syracuse | 4 | 8 | BIO 121, 122, 123 & 124 | Policy |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | 4 | 8 | BIOL-101, BIOL-102, BIOL-103, and BIOL-104 | Policy |
| Fordham University Bronx | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Pace University New York | 4 | 8 | BIO 101 and 102 | Policy |
| University of Rochester Rochester | 4 | 4 | Biology Elective awarded (not for major). Eligible for placement in BIOL 112/113. | Policy |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy | 4 | 4 | BIOL-1010, BIOL-1015 | Policy |
| Adelphi University Garden City | 4 | 8 | BIO111, BIO112 | Policy |
| Touro University New York | 4 | 8 | BIO 101-102 | Policy |
| Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Siena College Loudonville | 4 | 3 | BIOL 020 | Policy |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | 4 | — | — | Policy |
| Barnard College New York | 4 | 3 | BIOL BC1001 | Policy |
| Colgate University Hamilton | 4 | 1 | BIOL 101 | Policy |
| Yeshiva University New York | 4 | 6 | BIOL 1011, 1012 (Lecture only) | Policy |
| Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
| St. John Fisher University Rochester | 4 | 8 | Liberal arts credit hours | Policy |
| Utica University Utica | 4 | 4 | BIO211 - General Biology I | Policy |
| Clarkson University Potsdam | 4 | 4 | BY 100, Biology Elective with Lab | Policy |
| Vassar College Poughkeepsie | 4 | 1 | — | Policy |
| St Lawrence University Canton | 4 | 1.25 | BIOL-102 | Policy |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse | 4 | 4 | — | Policy |
| Marymount Manhattan College New York | 4 | 8 | BIOL 220/222 | Policy |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva | 4 | 2 | BIOL 167 | Policy |
| Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville | 4 | 2 | — | Policy |
| Alfred University Alfred | 4 | 8 | BIOL 201 and BIOL 202 | Policy |
| Russell Sage College Troy | 4 | 4 | BIO 101, BIO 101L | Policy |
| Elmira College Elmira | 4 | 4 | Mathematics and Natural Sciences Pillar | Policy |
| Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany | 4 | 8 | BIO 101/102; BIO 111/121 | Policy |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York | 4 | 3 | — | Policy |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York | 5 | 3 | — | Policy |
| University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx | 5 | 8 | fulfills the General Biology sequence of BIOL 111/112 (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | Policy |
| Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson | 5 | — | — | Policy |
AP Biology credit in other states
How we ranked this
One row per New York 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 — permission to skip a course without earning credit hours — are excluded. Credit hours and course equivalents are reproduced exactly as the college published them; “—” means no value was published and we do not estimate one. A page is published for a state only when at least 8 colleges back it.
Frequently asked questions
Which New York colleges give credit for AP Biology?+
114 colleges in New York publish a credit-bearing policy for AP Biology. 81 of them (71%) award credit at a score of 3, 30 require a 4, and 3 require a 5. The full list, with credit hours and the course each exam replaces, is in the table on this page.
What is the lowest AP Biology score that earns credit in New York?+
2. SUNY College of Technology at Canton in Canton awards credit at a score of 2, worth 3 credit hours, counting as BIOL 101: Intro to Biology. 81 New York colleges in total set their bar at a 3 or lower.
Does in-state residency change AP credit in New York?+
No. AP credit policy is set per institution and applies to admitted students regardless of residency — residency affects tuition rate, not credit awards. What does vary is the school within a university: engineering and nursing colleges commonly set higher bars than arts and sciences. The rules shown here are the ones that apply to all students at each college.
How do I verify these New York AP credit policies?+
113 of the 114 colleges on this page link to their own published AP credit page in the Source column; our snapshot was taken July 30, 2026. The college's page is authoritative and can change between admission cycles, so confirm there before building a graduation plan around the credit.
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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.