CLEP Difficulty List

Disclaimer:

This CLEP Difficulty List, by its very nature, is going to be biased. For example, I have a debilitating fear of math. I therefore may score the Calculus CLEP higher in difficulty than a person who is awesome at that sort of thing. On the other side of the coin, I'm also an IT geek and I think the Information Management CLEP is ridiculously easy. I might want to score it lower than someone else would.

I have tried to take my own strengths and weaknesses into account, and judge it purely on what the average college student would have experience with. I've also used the general consensus of people who have taken the exams, and then given me their opinions upon passing (or failing, as the case may be).

You may come across one that just blows you away at level 2, or you may be eating the level 5's for breakfast. The CLEP Difficulty List is meant to be a starting guide to help you plan the order of the exams you wish to take. Study for all of them like they're level 5, and you'll never have to worry about being unprepared.

I've also tried to group them in terms of difficulty by category as well. The exams at the end of Level 2 are more difficult in my opinion than the exams at the beginning of Level 2, and so on.

Finally, I have listed them in an order to take advantage of study material overlap. Studying for some of the earlier exams will help you out with others further up the difficulty ladder. If you decide to take an exam without taking the earlier exams first, you may find it more difficult than it would be otherwise. I always list the earlier exams that may help on each exam's study guide. Click on the CLEP's link below to see if there are any related exams.

Here's the list. One being the easiest, and five being the hardest.