TOEFL - iBT and IELTS Cutoff Scores

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TOEFL - iBT and IELTS Cutoff Scores

Posted on December 17th, 2008 by NBS

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The following is the Minimum TOEFL score expected from an international student; please do not apply to a school if your TOEFL score is less than required. The Cut-off scores are subject to change every semester; so please check with the Graduate office of the respective school.

Cut-off scores also vary from program to program; the following table is for the engineering programs.

For most people applying now the TOEFL iBT score is relevant. PBT or Paper based TOEFL score is used only if iBT score is not available.

American universities have also started accepting IELTS scores. Equivalent IELTS score is also provided below.

University	TOEFL	TOEFL	IELTS
	iBT (120)	PBT (677)	(9)
MIT	90	577	6.5
Stanford	100	600	7.0
UC Berkeley	68	570	6.5
Georgia Tech	100	600	7.0
UIUC	79	550	6.0
CALTECH	90	617	6.5
Carnegie Mellon	Varies	550	6.0
USC	100	600	7.0
Cornell	77	550	6.0
U Michigan	84	560	6.0
UC San Diego	80	550	6.0
UT Austin	79	550	6.0
Texas A&M	80	550	6.0
UCLA	87	560	6.5
Purdue	77	550	6.0
UW Madison	82	580	6.0
U of Maryland	84	575	6.5
Princeton	71	600	7.0
UC Santa Barbara	80	550	6.0
Northwestern	100	600	7.0
Columbia	104	619	7.5
Harvard	100	600	7.0
Penn State	100	550	6.0
U of Florida	100	550	6.0
U of Minnesota	79	550	6.0
U of Washington	70	580	6.5
Johns Hopkins	100	600	7.0
Virginia Tech	80	550	6.0
Ohio State	79	550	6.0