English Proficiency Requirements

 

      Name of Program

      Required Score

       for Admission

 Full-time ELI (ESL)

 non-credit

 None

 ELI Transition 1

 4.5 credits per semester

 Internet TOEFL 53

 Paper TOEFL 475

 IELTS 5.0

 ELI Transition 2

 7.5 credits per semester

 Internet TOEFL 61

 Paper TOEFL 500

 IELTS 5.5

 ELI Transition 3

 10.5 credits per semester

 Internet TOEFL 70

 Paper TOEFL 525

 IELTS 6.0

 Full Undergraduate

 12-18 credits per semester

 Internet TOEFL 79

 Paper TOEFL 550

 IELTS 6.5

 Graduate

 Internet TOEFL 79-100

 Paper TOEFL 550-600

 IELTS 6.5-7.0

 
Institutional TOEFL (Paper Test)

Pacific gives an official paper TOEFL 7 times per year. Students pay $30 five weeks before test date. This test schedule lets students take the TOEFL one week before starting all ESL and Undergraduate terms. Students must show ID on day of test.

Unofficial scores available the day after the test. Unofficial scores on a Pacific Institutional TOEFL are okay for ESL placement and undergraduate admission at Pacific University. Official Institutional TOEFL scores are available 2 weeks after test date.