What IELTS score do you need for Illinois State University?

Illinois State also accepts TOEFL Essentials 8.5 and the Michigan English Test 58. PDF copies of scores can be used for evaluation, and admitted students have official scores sent electronically. Graduate teaching assistants face a State of Illinois rule: TOEFL iBT speaking 26, TOEFL Essentials speaking 9, IELTS 8.0 overall or Duolingo Conversation 140. Illinois State's graduate "conditional admission" covers missing official documents, not English scores; Pathway and Academic English programs are offered for extra support. See graduate admission requirements.

Waiver-eligible anglophone countries are Australia, Canada, the Irish Republic, New Zealand, the UK, listed anglophone African countries such as Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, and listed Commonwealth Caribbean countries. India is not on the list. Illinois State points applicants to its English Waiver Guidelines for eligibility. See international requirements.

International freshmen and transfer students seeking direct admission meet the same English minimums as graduate students: IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 4.5 (81), Duolingo 110 or PTE 55. International freshmen do not need SAT or ACT scores unless they attended a US high school for three or more years. See international requirements.

The US F-1 student visa sets no English test score of its own. What counts is the requirement Illinois State sets for admission, which leads to your Form I-20. For the wider picture of studying in the US with each test, see IELTS for the USA and PTE for the USA.

Requirements change between admission cycles. Check the Illinois State international admission requirements page again before you book a test, and check your own program page, which can set a higher bar.