IELTS for the USA

ReIELTS requirements of the world’s

top 200 universities in the USA
Times Higher Education World University Rankings in USA

World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement

Name of institution
rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

Stanford University 3 Contact institution Contact institution

Massachusetts
Institute of 4 7.0 7.0
Technology

California Institute of
5 7.0 7.0
Technology

Harvard University 6 7.0 7.0

Princeton University 7 Contact institution 7.0

Yale University 8 7.0 7.0

University of Chicago 10 7.0 7.0

University of
12 7.0 7.0
Pennsylvania

Johns Hopkins
12 7.0 7.0
University

University of
15 7.0 7.0
California, Berkeley
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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

Columbia University 16 7.0 7.0

University of
California, Los 17 7.0 7.0
Angeles

Duke University 18 7.0 7.0

Cornell University 19 7.0 7.5

University of Michigan 20 7.0 7.0

Carnegie Mellon
24 7.5 7.5
University

Northwestern
25 7.5 7.5
University

New York University 27 7.5 7.5

University of
28 7.0 7.0
Washington

University of
30 7.0 7.0
California, San Diego

Georgia Institute of
34 Contact institution Contact institution
Technology

University of Texas at
39 6.5 6.5
Austin

University of
43 6.5 7.0
Wisconsin-Madison
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Name of institution
rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

University of Illinois at
50 6.5 6.5
Urbana-Champaign

University of
California, Santa 52 7 7
Barbara

Brown University 53 8.0 7.0

Washington University
54 7.0 7.0
in St Louis

University of North
Carolina at Chapel 56 7.0 7.0
Hill

University of
59 7.0 7.0
California, Davis

Purdue University 64 6.5 6.5

University of Southern
66 6.5 6.5
California

University of
71 6.5 6.5
Minnesota

Ohio State University 71 6.5 7.0

Boston University 74 7.0 7.0

Pennsylvania State
81 6.5 6.5
University

University of 82 7.0 7.0

Maryland, College
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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

Park

Emory University 84 Contact institution Contact institution

Rice University 86 7.0 7.0

Michigan State
93 6.5 6.5
University

University of
96 7.0 7.0
California. Irvine

Dartmouth College 99 7.0 7.0

University of Virginia 107 7.0 7.0

Georgetown
109 7.0 7.0
University

University of
110 6.5 6.5
Pittsburgh

University of Colorado
114 Contact institution Contact institution
Boulder

Vanderbilt University 121 6.5 7.0

Arizona State
123 6.0 7.0
University

Case Western Reserve

132 6.5 6.5
University

Indiana University 146 6.5 6.5

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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

Tufts University 152 7.0 7.0

University of Florida 156 6.0 6.5

University of Arizona 159 6.5 7.0

University of
163 7.0 Contact institution
Rochester

University of
167 7.0 7.0
California, Santa Cruz

Texas A&M
171 6.0 6.0
University

University of Notre
173 7.0 7.0
Dame

University of Alabama
179 5.5 6.5
at Birmingham

Rutgers, the state

University of New 176 6.0 6.0
Jersey

Northeastern
184 7.5 7.0
University

QS World University Rankings in USA

World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement

Name of institution
rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

Massachusetts Institute of
1 7.0 7.0
Technology (MIT)
 World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement
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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

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 Contact institution 7.0

Cornell University 14 7.0 7.5

Yale University 15 7.0 7.0

Columbia University 16 7.0 7.0

University of Pennsylvania 19 7.0 7.0

University of Michigan 20 7.0 7.0

John Hopkins University 21 7.0 7.0

Duke University 26 7.0 7.0

University of California,
27 7.0 7.0
Berkeley (UCB)

University of California,
32 7.0 7.0
Los Angeles (UCLA)

Northwestern University 34 7.5 7.5

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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

University of California,
41 7.0 7.0
San Diego (UCSD)

New York University

43 7.5 7.5
(NYU)

Carnegie Mellon University 46 7.5 7.5

University of Wisconsin-
53 6.5 7.0
Madison

Brown University 56 8.0 7.0

University of Texas at
63 6.5 6.5
Austin

University of Washington 66 7.0 7.0

Georgia Institute of
69 Contact institution Contact institution
Technology

University of Illinois at
71 6.5 6.5
Urbana-Champaign

University of North
83 7.0 7.0
Carolina, Chapel Hill

Rice University 87 7.0 7.0

The Ohio State University 89 6.5 7.0

Boston University 93 7.0 7.0

Pennsylvania State 95 6.5 6.5

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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

University

Washington University in
100 7.0 7.0
St Louis

Purdue University 100 6.5 6.5

University of California,
100 7.0 7.0
Davis

University of Southern
115 6.5 6.5
California

University of Maryland,
126 7.0 7.0
College Park

University of California,
132 7.0 7.0
Santa Barbara (UCSB)

University of Pittsburgh 136 6.5 6.5

Michigan State University 141 6.5 6.5

Emory University 148 Contact institution Contact institution

University of Minnesota 156 6.5 6.5

University of California,
169 7.0 7.0
Irvine

University of Florida 180 6.0 6.5

Dartmouth College 183 7.0 7.0

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rank (undergraduate programmes) (postgraduate programmes)

University of Rochester 184 7.0 Contact institution

University of Colorado
190 Contact institution Contact institution
Boulder

University of Virginia 192 7.0 7.0

Texas A&M University 203 6.0 6.0