"Minimum score requirements on the English test can vary by university and graduate discipline, experts say. For prospective international students planning to attend college or graduate school in the U.S., standardized English proficiency tests are typically required for admission. Tests such as the TOEFL, or Test of English as a Foreign Language, and IELTS, or International English Language Testing System, help demonstrate to admissions counselors how well international applicants grasp the English language.
Many schools accept IELTS scores from applicants. Over 3 million IELTS tests were taken in the last year and the test is accepted by more than 3,400 institutions in the U.S., according to a spokesperson from the British Council, one of the owners of the test." …