The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) offers a variety of ninety-minute exams that enable interested individuals to earn college credit in a wide range of subject areas. This computer-based testing (CBT) program is open to all students who wish to advance to higher-level courses, test out of a core or major requirement, and/or receive elective credit. As a participant in the program, Saint Xavier is among the 1,400 CLEP testing centers.
SXU students may earn up to twenty-seven (27) credit hours through CLEP’s testing program. The University requires a score of 50 on each exam title.* When taking your exam, which will be administered via computer, remember to select SXU as your score recipient.
Testing results are submitted to CLEP electronically, but each student will receive a printed score report upon completing his/her exam (candidates are advised to save this copy for their records). If you selected SXU as your designated recipient, Advising and Educational Planning Services (AEPS) will receive an official score transcript from CLEP about two weeks after you take the exam. The AEPS will evaluate the scores, post credit as applicable, and send students a letter confirming / explaining the results of their exams. While scores are evaluated—and letters mailed—in a timely manner when possible, please allow 3-4 weeks before final confirmation is sent. Recorded credit may be viewed on CLAWS.
*Candidates seeking twelve (12) credits for a foreign language will need a slightly higher score.
If you are an SXU student, you cannot receive credit for a CLEP exam if you have already taken (or transferred in) its equivalent course. Additionally, you may not use CLEP to replace a failing grade or to repeat a class you dropped and received a "W" or "W7" in. Consult the list of exams and course-number equivalencies to help you select the appropriate exams. If you do not pass an exam, you must wait six months if you wish to re-take it, per CLEP’s policy. SXU will only allow you to re-take a specific exam once.
Additionally, SXU students (except those in cohort groups) will not be allowed to register for an exam offered on campus during the semester of their graduation. This policy has be created to encourage candidates to take any intended CLEP exams as early as possible and to allow students sufficient time to review their options after receiving their exam results.
