IELTS requirements of the world’s

top 200 universities in the USA in

2018
Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2018

Name of institution World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement

rank (undergraduate programs) (postgraduate programs)

California Institute of 3 7.0 7.0

Technology

Stanford University 3 Contact institution Contact institution

Massachusetts Institute of 5 6.0 6.0

Technology

Harvard University 6 7.0 7.0

Princeton University 7 7.0 7.0

University of Chicago 9 7.0 7.0

University of Pennsylvania 10 6.5 6.5

Yale University 12 7.0 7.0

Johns Hopkins University 13 7.0 7.0

Columbia University 14 7.0 7.0

University of California, 15 7.0 7.0
Los Angeles

Duke University 17 7.0 7.0

University of California, 18 6.5 6.5

Berkeley

Cornell University 19 6.5 6.5

Northwestern University 20 6.0 6.0

University of Michigan 21 6.5 6.5

Carnegie Mellon University 24 6.0 6.0

University of Washington 25 7.0 7.0

New York University 27 6.0 6.0

University of California, 31 6.5 6.5

San Diego

Georgia Institute of 33 Contact institution Contact institution

Technology

University of Illinois at 37 6.5 6.5

Urbana-Champaign

University of Wisconsin- 43 6.0 6.0

Madison

University of Texas at 49 7.0 7.0

Austin
Brown University 50 Contact institution Contact institution

Washington University in 50 7.0 7.0

St Louis

University of California, 53 6.5 6.5

Santa Barbara

University of California, 54 6.5 6.5

Davis

University of Minnesota 56 6.5 6.5

University of North 56 6.0 6.0

Carolina at Chapel Hill

Purdue University 60 6.0 6.0

University of Southern 66 6.5 6.5

California

University of Maryland, 69 7.0 7.0

College Park

Boston University 70 6.5 6.5

Ohio State University 70 6.5 6.5

Pennsylvania State 77 6.5 6.5

University

Michigan State University 83 6.5 6.5

Rice University 86 7.0 7.0

Dartmouth College 89 7.0 7.0

Emory University 98 Contact institution Contact institution

University of California. 99 7.0 7.0

Irvine

University of Colorado 100 Contact institution Contact institution

Boulder

University of Pittsburgh 100 6.5 6.5

Vanderbilt University 105 6.5 6.5

University of Virginia 113 7.0 7.0

Indiana University 117 Contact institution Contact institution

Georgetown University 123 7.0 7.0

Arizona State University 126 Contact institution Contact institution

University of Florida 143 6.0 6.0

University of Notre Dame 150 7.0 7.0

University of Rochester 153 6.5 6.5

Case Western Reserve 158 6.5 6.5

University

Texas A&M University 159 Contact institution Contact institution

University of Arizona 161 6.5 6.5

University of California, 162 7.0 7.0

Santa Cruz

University of Alabama at 168 5.5 5.5

Birmingham

Tufts University 169 6.5 6.5

Rutgers, the state 172 6.0 6.0

University of New Jersey

University of Miami 186 6.5 6.5

University of 191 6.5 6.5

Massachusetts

Northeastern University 193 6.5 6.5

University of California, 198 7.0 7.0

Riverside
 QS World University Rankings in 2018

Name of institution World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement

rank (undergraduate programs) (postgraduate programs)

Massachusetts Institute of 1 6.0 6.0

Technology (MIT)

Stanford University 2 Contact institution Contact institution

Harvard University 3 7.0 7.0

California Institute of 4 7.0 7.0

Technology (Caltech)

University of Chicago 9 7.0 7.0

Princeton University 13 7.0 7.0

Cornell University 14 7.0 7.0

Yale University 16 7.0 7.0

John Hopkins University 17 7.0 7.0

Columbia University 18 7.0 7.0

University of Pennsylvania 19 Contact institution Contact institution

Duke University 21 7.0 7.0

University of Michigan 21 6.5 6.5

University of California, 27 6.5 6.5
Berkeley (UCB)

Northwestern University 28 6.5 6.5

University of California, Los 33 7.0 7.0

Angeles (UCLA)

University of California, San 38 6.5 6.5

Diego (UCSD)

Carnegie Mellon University 47 6.0 6.0

New York University (NYU) 52 6.0 6.0

Brown University 53 Contact institution Contact institution

University of Wisconsin- 55 6.0 6.0

Madison

University of Washington 61 7.0 7.0

University of Texas at 67 7.0 7.0

Austin

University of Illinois at 69 6.5 6.5

Urbana-Champaign

Georgia Institute of 70 Contact institution Contact institution

Technology

University of North Carolina, 80 6.0 6.0

Chapel Hill

Boston University 81 6.5 6.5

The Ohio State University 86 6.5 6.5

Rice University 89 7.0 7.0

Pennsylvania State 93 Contact institution Contact institution

University

Washington University in St 100 7.0 7.0

Louis

Purdue University 105 6.0 6.0

University of California, 118 6.5 6.5

Davis

University of Maryland, 129 7.0 7.0

College Park

University of Southern 132 6.0 6.0

California

University of California, 134 6.5 6.5

Santa Barbara (UCSB)

University of Pittsburgh 142 6.5 6.5

Emory University 147 Contact institution Contact institution

Michigan State University 149 6.5 6.5

University of Minnesota 163 6.5 6.5

University of California, 164 7.0 7.0

Irvine
Dartmouth College 169 7.0 7.0

University of Virginia 173 7.0 7.0

University of Florida 178 6.0 6.0

University of Colorado 182 Contact institution Contact institution

Boulder

University of Rochester 186 6.5 6.5

Texas A&M University 195 6.0 6.0