TOEFL Requirements for Top Ranked Universities in USA
Universities in the USA are some of the top-ranked universities in the world. In QS World Ranking of Top 1000 Universities in the world, the USA has 157 Universities ranked for 2019. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Harvard, and CalTech are the top four Universities in the world. Nineteen Universities in the USA are in Top 50 World Ranked University.
In Engineering, Technical education, and pure sciences, US Universities are world-renowned. The other trail to pursue in the USA is business and management courses. Universities are known for their excellent quality education and research output. Here we are talking about English Language admission criteria for US Universities.
TOEFL Exam and Scores:
If you are comfortable with taking online tests, and MCQs are your thing, you might want to take the TOEFL Exam. It has four test modules that are individually scored, and there are collective TOEFL scores, the addition of all the modules namely Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
There are three types of TOEFL Test:
- Paper Based Test (TOEFL PBT)
- Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT)
- Computer Based Test (TOEFL CBT)
Here are the TOEFL scores required to study in some of the top Universities in USA. Most Undergraduate and Post-graduate programs at US Universities, The scores vary with courses and colleges.
For examples. The medical and management courses require high TOEFL scores for the admission criteria.
TOEFL score range is 0-120 for iBT. The average score for the 15 Universities we have listed here for iBT is somewhere around 100 for undergraduate programs.
For postgraduate programs, the range varies a lot and there are no definite numbers.
QS World Ranking | Universities in the USA | Undergraduate Programs | Post-graduation Programs | ||
iBT | PBT | iBT | PBT | ||
1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 90-100 | 577-600 | 90 (Varies with Course) | 577 (Varies with Course) |
| 9 | University of Chicago | Around 100 | Around 600 | 90-104 | NA |
| 14 | Cornell University | 100 | 600 | 20 Reading 15 Listening 22 Speaking 20 Writing | NA |
| 15 | Yale University | 100 | 600 | Varies with Course | |
| 16 | Columbia University | 100 | 600 | 100 | 600 |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 100+ | 600+ | Varies with Course | |
| 20 | University of Michigan | 100 | 600 | Varies with Course | |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | 26 Reading 26 Listening 25 Speaking 22 Writing | NA | ||
| 26 | Duke University | None | 90-100 (Varies with Course) | ||
| 27 | University of California, Berkeley | 80 | 550 | Varies with Course | |
| 32 | University of California, Los Angeles | 100 | NA | 87 | 560 |
| 41 | University of California, San Diego | 83 | NA | 80 | 550 |
| 43 | New York University | 100 | NA | Varies with Course | |
| 46 | Carnegie Mellon University | 102 | NA | 84 (Varies with Course) | 600 (Varies with Course) |
| 56 | Brown University | 100 | 600 | 90 | 577 |
TOEFL scores are an accurate measurement of the right questions marked. Whereas in IELTS, the scores are converted into IELTS band scale of 0 to 9.
The IELTS requirements for Universities in USA fall between 6.5 and 7.5, but once again, it will largely depend on University and the course you are opting for.
As you can see for some Universities above, sometimes there are score requirements for individual modules for specific courses.
