Schedule Your Appointment
All tests are scheduled by appointment only. Current students can schedule an appointment on our Online Scheduler.

 

The ACCUPLACER® Test is used by Columbia State to determine course placement for entering students. The ACCUPLACER® is NOT a pass/fail instrument but instead determines which courses are best suited to the student’s level of readiness. Students with valid ACT/SAT scores (within 5 years old).

Students may choose to challenge both ACT and ACCUPLACER® scores.


Guidelines:
  1. In order to register for the ACCUPLACER® exam you must be admitted to the college and screened to take the ACCUPLACER®.
  2. First-time students with valid ACT scores (scores acquired within the past five years) receive their academic placement according to those scores. Students may challenge their ACT/SAT placement by taking the ACCUPLACER® TWO times. Students who place initially with the ACCUPLACER® exam may also challenge those initial results TWO times. The challenge cannot be completed on the same day as the initial testing. Placement will be based on the best scores from all valid placement instruments.Challenge tests can be given 15 days from the original test date.
  3. The challenge fee for ACCUPLACER® testing is $25.00 per session. NON-TBR students pay $25.00 for remote ACCUPLACER® testing. *All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Payment must be made to Business Services office prior to testing.
  4. If testing virtual – the challenge fee for ACCUPLACER® testing is $25.00 per session plus the virtual voucher fee of $28.
       

How to schedule the Accuplacer test:
Schedule a test at any campus location - Online registration form

Request to test virtual – fee of $28 - Online request for Virtual Voucher

Cost:

  • Free for initial testing for Columbia State students
  • $25.00 if challenging valid ACT or previous ACCUPLACER® scores. The cost is non-refundable and non-transferable.
  • $25.00 for NON-TBR remote ACCUPLACER® testing.
  • $28.00 for Virtual testing

Scores:
Scores are available the same day as the exam and are valid for 5 years. ACCUPLACER® requirements and placement scores are established by Tennessee Board of Regents guidelines. 

Study Guides:
Study guides are available at all of locations in hard copy format. Virtual materials are available at https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/students/prepare-for-accuplacer/practice.