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INFORMATION ABOUT COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP)
Colleges and universities differ in the policies on scores accepted and credits awarded on every CLEP exam. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure their CLEP score will be accepted by the college or university they wish to attend. If transferring from Butler to a 4 year college or university, it is the student’s responsibility to contact a counselor/advisor at that institution prior to taking an exam to determine their CLEP requirements and acceptance of scores and credits. That institution will apply its own policy to your original scaled score rather than transferring the credit Butler has granted. TO RECEIVE CLEP CREDIT FROM BUTLER
A student must score at least the minimum level on any given test as established by Butler’s English and
Mathematics Departments. CLEP exam scores will be posted as a “CR” on a student’s transcript. The Butler
Registrar grants college credit subject to approval from the appropriate dean for the College Level Examination
Program (CLEP) examinations on the following basis:
When a student presents a score representing the 50th percentile in one or more of the examinations, credit is
recorded on the student’s transcript in the area in which the score was attained. A maximum of 30 hours of CLEP
may be applied toward graduation.
Note: Important Information and Exclusions
CLEP exams alone do not fulfill all degree requirements; students must complete 15 credit hours in residence at
Butler. CLEP exams in science do not fulfill the laboratory science requirement for an associate degree. Butler does
not offer departmental exams for credit. Butler does not allow CLEP credit for English Composition II or Speech.
Any questions regarding credit by examination should be addressed to the Registrars or the Advising Offices.
Note: Nursing Students wishing to CLEP any of the seven prerequisite courses may do so; however, since credit
hours are issued without grades for a CLEP exam, and since entrance into the program is based on the combined
grades of the seven prerequisite courses, the CLEP course is considered equivalent to a grade of C which will be
reflected in the final GPA computation.
For additional information and preparation materials go to CLEP’s web site at FEES and TESTING INFORMATION
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams are administered through the Butler Testing Center at the
Andover campus. An $80.00 exam fee is paid directly to CLEP. Forms of payment are credit, debit cards, check or
money order. To make an appointment to test, students must first fill out a CLEP registration form, which they can
obtain from the testing center via e-mailor students can access the form through the link below.
After filling out the form a student will be required to pay a $20.00 administrative fee to Butler to lock in their
appointment time. The total cost of the exam is $100.00.
Testing is conducted at the Butler Testing Center in Andover at 1810 North Andover Road in the 6000 building in
Room 6430. CLEP testing is offered Mondays – Thursdays at 9:00 am or 3:00 pm ONLY. No exams will be
administered on Fridays. No exams administered during the months of December and May. No exams will be
administered during Finals Weeks in July.
Butler Community College’s Scores Accepted and Credit Granted
Butler Community College awards college credit for College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams in a number of different areas. Testing for Credit in English Composition I the requirement can be satisfied in following ways:
*To receive credit for English Comp I from Butler, students will take the College Composition exam. There will be a two week delay for results as CLEP grades the exam. A student must score as high on any given test as the above mentioned scaled score. In addition to the examination, each student taking the College Composition test must write an essay and submit it to Butler’s English Department for grading and then a review along with the examination to see if credit is granted. If the essay is of sub-standard quality, no credit will be given for English Composition I for any #Same grade awarded at completion of Composition II Students cannot test for English Composition II at Butler.
Testing for Credit in College Algebra or Pre-Calculus Math the requirement can be satisfied in the following ways:
*Students must also have completed the equivalent of Algebra II and one year of high school geometry with at least a **Students must also have completed the equivalent of algebra II, one year of high school geometry, and one-half unit of trigonometry with at least a “B” average. Additional CLEP Exams Scaled Scores and Credit Awarded:
Examinations:
(Equivalent to our Accounting I & II) History of US I: Early Colonization to 1877 Western Civilization I: (Ancient Near East to 1648) Western Civilization II: (1648 to Present)

Source: http://www.butlercc.edu/testing_center/parts/CLEP%20Web%20Site%20Info.pdf