CodeHS offers 7 industry-relevant programming certifications for high school students. These certifications are a stepping stone for students’ career aspirations and help build programming skill credibility.

CodeHS Certifications provide verification that students have learned industry-relevant skills from our secure, comprehensive exam. By building skill credibility for students and future employers, certifications will also help showcase your school’s computer science program.

CodeHS offers 7 state approved certification exams across different programming languages and topics including Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, and Cybersecurity.

CodeHS Certifications are approved by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the Virginia Department of Education, the Texas Education Agency (Industry-Based Certifications), and the South Carolina Department of Education! See the South Carolina Career and Technical Education Guide for the 22-23 school year here.

There are no specific prerequisites for the exams. However, we recommend that students take the CodeHS courses listed below to prepare for each exam.

Click the links below to learn more about the specific concepts covered in each exam:

On the exam date, students will enter a voucher code to start the exam. Learn more about the exam format here and read the Student's Certification Guide.

Students can take or retake as many certification exams as they want. A new voucher code will be needed for each exam. Each voucher code entered is good for one attempt.

After passing a certification exam, students will receive a congratulations email including their downloadable certificate! We recommend that students download their certificate and save the verification code or the Share URL. See Accessing Certification Completion Certificates for more info. These certifications do not expire.

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