We’re on Android & iOS Also Now!
To use our app, you need to become a member first. Sign up or log in on our website to unlock the full experience.
Higher Education Pro · Academic Planner
Some of your first-year classes
you can test out of.
Track every general education requirement you can clear with an AP or CLEP exam — then print it and bring it to your Admissions Advisor.
Is it worth it? Now you'll know.
Notice: this is a planning document, not a transcript.
This tracker is for organization and advising purposes only. It does not grant, confirm, or guarantee college credit. Your official AP, CLEP, and college transcripts must be sent to your school of choice, and only that school's registrar can make the final evaluation of what credit you receive.
Nothing you type here is sent to Higher Education Pro. Your entries stay on your own device, and you decide what to print or share.
AP exams complete
0 / 42
0 planned
CLEP exams complete
0 / 34
0 planned
Credits banked
0
0 planned
Time off your degree
0 sem
$0 tuition avoided
Progress toward two years of credit
Solid green = complete · Striped = planned · Each block is one 15-credit semester
$
→ estimated tuition avoided: $0
Why students use this
General education is the block of required classes every degree has — writing, math, science, history, humanities. It's usually 40 to 60 credits, and it's nearly the same content at every school. If you already know the material, you can prove it on one exam instead of sitting through a whole semester.
Time
Finish sooner
A full-time semester is about 15 credits. Bank 15 credits by exam and you've taken a semester off your track. Bank 30 and it's a year.
Money
Pay far less per credit
A CLEP exam costs $97. The same 3 credits taken as a course usually costs several hundred to a few thousand dollars in tuition.
Flexibility
Test on your schedule
CLEP has no national test date. You register when you're ready, and many exams can be taken with remote proctoring from home.
Credit for what you know
Your experience counts
Work history, military training, a language you already speak, or a class you took years ago can all turn into credit on a transcript.
- Check your college's policy first. — Only the college grants credit. Look up your school before you pay for any exam. Policy links are in Resources below.
- Set your credit targets. — Open a category and enter how many credits your degree plan requires. Your advisor or degree audit has this number.
- Mark each exam Planned, then Complete. — Tap the button once to plan an exam, again to mark it complete. Every count updates as you go.
- Save, print, and bring it in. — Print this page as a PDF and hand it to your Admissions Advisor along with your official transcripts.
Your requirement checklist
Every exam name is a live link to its official College Board page — topics covered, cost, and registration.
Resources
Check these before you spend money on an exam.
Do this first
Confirm your school accepts it
Credit is granted by your college, not by College Board. Search your school by name.
🔗 CLEP college credit policy search 🔗 AP credit & placement policy search 🔗 How to read a CLEP policyFree prep + free exam
Modern States
A nonprofit offering free self-paced courses for most CLEP subjects. Finish a course and they issue a voucher that covers your CLEP exam fee. Open to anyone 13 and up.
🔗 Modern States — Freshman Year for Free 🔗 Create a free account 🔗 Voucher rules and FAQMilitary, veterans & spouses
Free CLEP and DSST exams
CLEP exams are funded for eligible service members. DSST is a second exam program with 30+ additional subjects, funded by DANTES and reimbursable under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
🔗 CLEP military benefits 🔗 DSST exam list & details 🔗 DANTES exam funding 🔗 Find a DSST test centerRegistering
Sign up for an exam
CLEP you register yourself, year-round. AP exams are ordered through a high school, even if you self-study.
🔗 Register for a CLEP exam 🔗 Find a CLEP test center 🔗 Take CLEP at home (remote proctoring) 🔗 Register for AP exams 🔗 AP exam dates
How to read the credit numbers.
CLEP credit amounts are the semester hours recommended by the American Council on Education at a score of 50. Your college can award more, less, or none, and can cap how many exam credits count toward a degree. AP credit is set entirely by each college, usually for a score of 3, 4, or 5, so those fields start at 3 for you to change to what your school awards. Exam fees shown are the College Board price and don't include a test center's own administration fee.
Progress saved