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Single subject CSET tests

A single subject CSET is the exam route to a Single Subject Teaching Credential in one subject. The CTC exams site lists one for each subject area, from Agriculture to Vietnamese. Each is split into subtests, every subtest needs 220, and fees run from $63 to $134 a subtest.

CSET Math, English, Social Science, Science, PE and Spanish

These six have their own pages, with each subtest’s questions, fees and test windows.

CSET Art

SubtestQuestionsTimeFeeOnline?
I (229)40 multiple choice, 3 written2 hours 15 minutes$133No
II (230)40 multiple choice, 2 written2 hours 15 minutes$134Yes

Both together at a test center take 4 hours 30 minutes and cost $267. Subtest I needs a headset and has handwritten answers that are scanned. Results come within 7 weeks from a center and 4 weeks online. Both subtests run only in select 4-week windows at test centers; Subtest II also runs online in select one-week windows.

CSET Health Science

SubtestQuestionsTimeFeeOnline?
I (178)40 multiple choice, 2 written1 hour 45 minutes$99Yes
II (179)40 multiple choice, 2 written1 hour 45 minutes$99Yes
III (180)40 multiple choice, 1 written1 hour 15 minutes$99Yes

All three together cost $297 in one 4-hour 45-minute session at a test center. At test centers it runs in select 4-week windows; online, each subtest is its own session, in select one-week windows each year. Results come within 5 weeks from a center and 4 weeks online.

CSET Music

SubtestQuestionsTimeFeeOnline?
I (226)40 multiple choice, 3 constructed responses (two are video recordings you submit: functional keyboard, and vocal or instrumental)1 hour 45 minutes$133No
II (227)40 multiple choice, 2 written2 hours 15 minutes$134No

Both subtests run at test centers during select 4-week windows. Results come within 7 weeks.

If you don’t send both videos, or they lack sound and picture in the first three minutes, you don’t pass Subtest I.

Which other single subject CSET tests are there?

Each of these has its own CSET, with subtests and fees on its test page:

  • Agriculture
  • Business
  • Dance
  • Home Economics
  • Industrial and Technology Education
  • Theatre
  • Preliminary Educational Technology
  • American Sign Language
  • 20 other world languages: Arabic, Armenian, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Vietnamese
Sources: CTC Exams and 5 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.