What IELTS score do you need for Kennesaw State University?

Applicants from Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, the US or Zimbabwe are exempt, as are graduates of an accredited US college. Everyone else must take the TOEFL or IELTS. India is not on the list. See graduate international requirements.

The waiver policy lets the Graduate College consider requests from applicants with at least two years of full-time study, with a 3.0 GPA, at a recognised college whose primary language of instruction is English, or with the top level of intensive English at Georgia Tech or level 6 at Kennesaw State. A waiver is not automatic and may need an interview or writing sample. Graduate conditional admission is not stated. See the waiver policy.

Undergraduates validate English with TOEFL 79 (4 from 21 January 2026), IELTS 6.0 (6.5 for IELTS Academic Online), Pearson PTE Academic 58, Duolingo 115 (listed as the Writing section), SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 500, ACT English or Reading 18, MET 77 or a Cambridge exam. Students below the bar can enrol in the Intensive English Program and apply for conditional admission. India is not on the undergraduate list of English-speaking countries. See undergraduate requirements.

The US F-1 student visa sets no English test score of its own. What counts is the requirement Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw State graduate international requirements page again before you book a test, and check your own program page, which can set a higher bar.