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
, World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement
Name of institution
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
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
, World IELTS minimum requirement IELTS minimum requirement
Name of institution
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