DeVry University

DeVry University English Language Requirment

All instruction and services are provided in English.

In addition to fulfilling all other admission requirements, applicants whose native language is other than English must demonstrate English-language proficiency. The English-language proficiency requirement is waived for applicants who meet one of the following criteria:

• English is identified as the official/native language of the country in which the applicants completed all of their secondary education, or postsecondary, advanced or professional degree, as designated in the CIA's The World Factbook. 

• English is not the official/native language of the country in which the applicants completed their secondary or postsecondary education; however, English was the principal language of instruction at their institution*. Applicants whose native language is other than English may also demonstrate English-language proficiency by providing evidence of one of the following: 

• Submission of a U.S. high school diploma or GED® certificate (completed in English).

• Submission of a high school diploma, or post-secondary degree or higher, earned at an institution in which the language of instruction was English*. 

• Submission of a post-secondary transcript verifying completion of 12 semester-credit hours of baccalaureate-level (excluding remedial or developmental) courses with at least a C (70 percent) average from an institution in which the language of instruction was English*. 

• Submission of an earned Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 500 on the paper-based TOEFL, 190 on the computer-based TOEFL or 61 on the internet-based TOEFL.

• Submission of an overall band score of at least 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. 

• Submission of an overall score of at least 4.0 on the International Test of English Proficiency (iTEP) Academic-Plus exam.

• Submission of an overall score of at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic. 

• Successful completion of an approved external Intensive English Program.

• Submission of documents demonstrating successful completion of a DeVry recognized intermediate-level English as a Second Language (ESL) course. 

• Completion of either of the following, with a grade of B (80 percent) or higher, from a DeVry-recognized post- secondary institution or community college: 

• • The equivalent of DeVry's freshman English composition course, or 

  • Two or more baccalaureate-level English writing or composition courses. 

• Having attained acceptable scores on a DeVry-administered English-language-proficiency exam**. 

Prior Educational Performance Proof from International Student Admission

In regard to prior educational performance, applicants are accepted if they meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Have earned a qualifying associate degree or higher from a DeVry-recognized post-secondary institution.

• Have completed an appropriate amount of qualifying college level work at DeVry recognized post-secondary institutions, with grades of at least C (70 percent) or a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00.

• Have achieved both of the following conditions while in a U.S. or Canadian high school:

  • Class rank at the 50th percentile or above, or a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.70, on a 4.00 scale, at the end of the junior year or later, and

    • An average grade of at least B (80 percent) in a full-year high school mathematics course at the level of Algebra I or above.

• Have earned a Canadian high school diploma in a program of study that includes successful completion of a 30-level Math and a 30-level English course from Alberta, or equivalent achievement from another province or territory.