Program Policies Regarding the TOEFL Test

To apply, international students must provide verification of English proficiency. These tests will qualify:

  • TOEFL
    • Score of 500 or better on paper-based test
    • Score of 61 or better on Internet based test (70 for Graduate Level)
  • IELTS score of 5.5 or better (6.5 for Graduate Level)
  • MELAB score of 72 or better
  • SAT (verbal section) score of 450 or better
  • ACT (reading section) score of 18 or better
  • IB English
  • ELS completion of level 112 with C or better (for undergraduate admissions)

Our Intensive English Program offers English as Second Language for students who do not meet the English proficiency requirement for their desired majors.

Proof of English proficiency may not be required if applying from a country in which English is the native language or if the student has completed non-ESL English academic courses at an approved college or university with C grades or above.

English proficiency requirements may be waived for students from these nations of application:

  • Antigua
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbuda
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Isles
  • Cameroon
  • Cayman Islands
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos
  • Cooks Islands
  • Dominica
  • England
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Grenadines
  • Guam Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Keeling Island
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Montserrat
  • N. Marianas
  • Nevis
  • New Zealand
  • Norfolk Island
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • St. Christopher
  • St. Helena
  • St. Kitts
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Virgin Islands
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe