English Proficiency

The English proficiency admissions requirement may be waived if you meet one of the criteria listed below:

  • You are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (Green card holder)
  • You are a citizen of one of the countries listed below

Graduate Students

  • Students who attend(ed) a regionally-accredited college or university in the U.S. or U.S. territory with a minimum of one academic year (2 semesters or 3 quarters) of full-time enrollment, not including ESL classes
  • Students who attend a university located in or that follows the curricula of one of the countries listed below (for example, American University of Beirut or Monash University Malaysia) reflecting a minimum of one academic year (2 semesters or 3 quarters) of full-time enrollment, not including ESL classes

Please note that proof of English as the medium of instruction (MOI) is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. MOI letters must indicate that instruction occurred within the previous five (5) years to be eligible for consideration.

List of Countries for English Proficiency Waivers

Anguilla

Grenada

Saint Helena

Antigua & Barbuda

Guyana

Seychelles

Australia

Ireland

Sierra Leone

Bahamas

Jamaica

Singapore

Barbados

Kenya

Solomon Islands

Belize

Kiribati

South Africa

Bermuda

Lesotho

St. Christopher

Botswana

Liberia

St. Kitts & Nevis

British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Malawi

St. Lucia

Canada (all but Quebec)

Mauritius

St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Cayman Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Swaziland

Christmas Island

Montserrat

Tanzania

Channel Islands

Namibia

Trinidad & Tobago

Cook Islands

Nepal

Turks & Caicos

Dominica

New Zealand

Uganda

Falkland Islands/Malvinas

Nigeria

United Kingdom & No. Ireland

Fiji

Norfolk Island

Zambia

Gambia

Palau

Zimbabwe

Ghana

Philippines

Gibraltar

Pitcairn Island

TOEFL Exemption

The following countries use English as the official language, or language of instruction, and are exempt from TOEFL requirements:

  • American Samoa
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua, Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • British Indian Ocean Territories
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Christmas Island
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Falkland Islands/Malvinas
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guam
  • Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia, Federated States
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • Nevis, Saint Kitts
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Puerto Rico
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent, Grenadines
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Trinidad, Tobago
  • Turks, Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe