The information given below indicates the minimum TOEFL Score in the USA for various universities. Each university has set its own cut-off score. Some U.S universities have cut-off scores for each section. The minimum TOEFL score in the USA for most universities is 79.
If students receive scores that are below the minimum cut-off score required to study in the United States then they will be rejected. Those students who receive higher than the minimum scores will double their chances to receive admission, in the colleges they wish to study further.
List of Universities Accepting TOEFL Score in USA:
Listed below is the required TOEFL score in USA for some top universities.
Yale University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT (internet based test) score: 100
Harvard University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
Duke University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
University of California – Berkeley
TOEFL Paper: 570 TOEFL iBT score: 68
University of Washington
TOEFL Paper: 540 TOEFL iBT score: 76
University of Wisconsin – Madison
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 80
Johns Hopkins University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
University of Texas
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
University of South Carolina – Columbia
TOEFL Paper: 570 TOEFL iBT score: 80
Some programs have set higher standards
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
TOEFL Paper: 550 (minimum of 50 in each section) TOEFL iBT score: 79
Washington University in St. Louis
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
University of California–San Diego
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 80
Cornell University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
The university waives off the TOEFL and/or IELTS requirement for international students who have studied for at least 4 years in the United States of America. Similarly, there are other courses for which a TOEFL score may not be required to study in the US, if students have taken other courses in English in USA.
Ohio State University–Columbus
TOEFL Paper: 527 TOEFL iBT score: 71
Stanford University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
University of Rochester
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100*
*Writing: 25
Speaking: 24
Reading: 26
Listening: 25
Georgetown University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
Rice University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 90
Arizona State University
TOEFL Paper: 500 TOEFL iBT score: 61
Schools of Engineering require 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or 79 (internet-based).
Oregon State University
TOEFL Paper: 475 TOEFL iBT score: 53
Listed for conditional admission
Carnegie Mellon University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
Brown University
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 100
University of Virginia
TOEFL Paper: 600 TOEFL iBT score: 90
University of California–Davis
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 68
University of Florida
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 80
University of Utah
TOEFL Paper: 500 TOEFL iBT score: 61
Washington University in St. Louis
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
Boston University
TOEFL Paper: 550-600 TOEFL iBT score: 95
University of California–Riverside
TOEFL Paper: 530 TOEFL iBT score: 59
University of California–Santa Cruz
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 83
University of Pittsburgh
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 80
University at Buffalo–SUNY
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
*Minimum score of 6 on each section.
TOEFL score for average universities
Below is the list of the minimum cut-off score requirement (or examples of TOEFL scores) for some of the average universities in the U.S.
University of La Verne
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79
Pepperdine University
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 80
Old Dominion University
TOEFL Paper: 550 TOEFL iBT score: 79-80
Hofstra University
TOEFL Paper: 550+ TOEFL iBT score: 80
Saint Cloud University – School of Graduate Studies
Total Score: 79, with a minimum of 17 for each section
Only students who are applying to the Frank G. Zarb School of Business may submit either IELTS or TOEFL scores.
Lake Head University
Total Score: 80
University of Lethbridge
Total score: 93
TOEFL Band scores
ETS has developed tools to compare TOEFL iBT® scores to the scores on the IELTS academic module (International English Language Testing System). The goal of creating this comparison tool is to help institutions make best admission choices.
Students can have a look at the comparison table at the ETS TOEFL Website.