Global Standard

TOEFL ITP® tests – A Global Standard

TOEFL ITP_® tests and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

TOEFL ITP_® scores (Level 1–310 to 677 pts)	Certificate colour	CEFR Levels
620-677	Gold	C1 Proficient User — Effective Operational Proficiency
543-619	Silver	B2 Independent User — Vantage
433-542	Bronze	B1 Independent User — Threshold
343-432	Recognition	A2 Basic User — Waystage

Your achievement in proficiency of the English language are recognized!

Your achievement in proficiency of the English language with three levels of certificates awarded by the TOEFL ITP_® program. Each TOEFL ITP_® certificate corresponds to a CEFR level. Test takers will also receive a detailed score report that illustrates the score of each section in the test.

Interpreting TOEFL ITP^® Scores

TOEFL ITP Level 1 and Level 2 Tests

To help you interpret TOEFL ITP^® Level 1 and Level 2 test scores, ETS has conducted several studies, including a score mapping study to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), a score descriptor study and a reliability study.

CEFR Mapping Study

Results of the CEFR mapping provide the minimum TOEFL ITP section scores for 4 of the levels defined in the CEFR (A2, B1, B2 and C1).

The table below shows the scaled cut scores for each section of the TOEFL ITP Level 1 and Level 2 tests.

CEFR Levels	Total Cut Score	Listening Comprehension	Structure and Written Expression	Reading Comprehension
C1	620	62	64	60
B2	543	55	53	55
B1	433	46	43	41
A2	343	38	32	33

For more information, download Mapping TOEFL ITP Scores to the Common European Framework of Reference (PDF).

Score Descriptors

As reported in the study Facilitating the interpretation of English language proficiency scores: Combining scale anchoring and test score mapping methodologies, ETS developed score descriptors to help score users interpret TOEFL ITP test scores and to provide institutions, teachers and test takers with a better understanding of students' English-language proficiency, including areas of strength and areas that need improvement.

Download TOEFL ITP Level 1 Score Descriptors (PDF).

Download TOEFL ITP Level 2 Score Descriptors (PDF).

Reliability Study

Reliability is an important criterion to measure the quality of an assessment product. Tests with high reliability yield consistent scores across different test forms.

For more information, download the TOEFL ITP^® Reliability Table (PDF) for TOEFL ITP Level 1 and Level 2 tests.

TOEFL ITP Speaking Test

To help you interpret TOEFL ITP Speaking scores, ETS conducted a score mapping study to the levels of the CEFR and developed score descriptors.

CEFR Mapping Study

The table below shows the scaled cut scores for the TOEFL ITP Speaking test.

CEFR Levels	Cut Score
C1	64
B2	58
B1	48
A2	41

Score Descriptors

ETS developed the TOEFL ITP Speaking test score descriptors based on CEFR descriptors at the given levels of proficiency and language from the rubrics used to score the TOEFL ITP Speaking pilot test. These rubrics informed the AI scoring for the TOEFL ITP Speaking Test.

Download TOEFL ITP Speaking Score Descriptors (PDF).

Who use TOEFL ITP?

The following are just some of the universities and colleges that use TOEFL ITP (listed in no particular order).
Please visit each school’s website for the latest update.

Country	State	Region	Institute
USA	Alabama	North America	ALABAMA LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
USA	California	North America	AMERICAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY
USA	Michigan	North America	ANDREWS UNIVERSITY
USA	Arizona	North America	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – ALCI
USA	Arkansas	North America	ARKANSAS TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	BOSTON UNIVERSITY
USA	Hawaii	North America	BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY – HAWAII
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – FRESNO
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – SAN BERNARDINO
USA	Wisconsin	North America	CARROLL UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
USA	Washington	North America	CITY UNIVERSITY OF SEATTLE
USA	Colorado	North America	COLORADO HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY
USA	Illinois	North America	DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
USA	Iowa	North America	DRAKE UNIVERSITY
USA	Tennesse	North America	ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE – KNOXVILLE
USA	South Carolina	North America	ENGLISH PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONALS – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA – COLUMBIA
USA	Florida	North America	EVEREST UNIVERSITY – ORLANDO
USA	Michigan	North America	FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
USA	Arkansas	North America	HARDING UNIVERSITY
USA	Indiana	North America	INDIANA UNIVERSITY – BLOOMINGTON
USA	Maine	North America	INTENSIVE ENGLISH INSTITUTE – ORONO (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)
USA	West Virginia	North America	INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM – WEST VIRGNIA UNIVERSITY
USA	Virginia	North America	JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY ISC
USA	Ohio	North America	KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY
LT	Lithuania	Lithuania	LCC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA	Georgia	North America	LIFE UNIVERSITY
USA	West Virginia	North America	MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	MIAMI DADE COLLEGE – MEDICAL CAMPUS
USA	California	North America	MONTEREY BAY ACADEMY
USA	Oklahoma	North America	NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Kentucky	North America	NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
USA	Maryland	North America	NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	OHIO UNIVERSITY
USA	Oklahoma	North America	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY – OKLAHOMA CITY
USA	Oklahoma	North America	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY – STILLWATER
USA	Virginia	North America	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
USA	Oregon	North America	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Oregon	North America	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Oregon	North America	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY – IELP
USA	Washington	North America	SAINT MARTIN’S UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Maryland	North America	SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES
USA	California	North America	SILICON VALLEY UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	SOUTH BAYLO UNIVERSITY – ANAHEIM
USA	Illinois	North America	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – CARBONDALE
USA	Washington	North America	STRAYER UNIVERSITY – WASHINGTON
USA	New York	North America	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ
JPN	Japan	Japan	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, JAPAN CAMPUS
AU	Canberra	Canberra	THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA	Oregon	North America	TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
USA	Maryland	North America	TOWSON UNIVERSITY
USA	Oklahoma	North America	TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
USA	Illinois	North America	TUTORIUM IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH – UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
USA	Arizona	North America	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
USA	Arkansas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – FAYETTEVILLE
USA	Arkansas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
USA	Missouri	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
USA	Oklahoma	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
USA	Indiana	North America	UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
USA	Kentucky	North America	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY – LEXINGTON
USA	Louisiana	North America	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA – LAFAYETTE
USA	Florida	North America	UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI – IEP OFFICE
USA	Minnesota	North America	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
USA	Nebraska	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – OMAHA
USA	Alabama	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
USA	Tennesse	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – CHATTANOOGA
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – ARLINGTON
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – AUSTIN
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – EL PASO
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – PAN AMERICAN
USA	Oklahoma	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
USA	Utah	North America	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
UK	UK	Manchester	UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
USA	Iowa	North America	UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY – FAYETTE
USA	Ohio	North America	URBANA UNIVERSITY
USA	georgia	North America	VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Kansas	North America	WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
USA	Michigan	North America	WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	WIDENER UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	XAVIER UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	SAINT JOHN’S SEMINARY
USA	California	North America	VILLANOVA PREPARATORY SCHOOL
USA	California	North America	AMERICAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE – SAN FRANCISCO
USA	New York	North America	EF INTERNATIONAL LANGUGAGE SCHOOL – TARRYTOWN
USA	California	North America	HUMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
USA	Texas	North America	TEXAS INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM
USA	Washington	North America	WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF LANGUAGES
USA	New York	North America	EXCELSIOR SCHOOL
USA	California	North America	COLLEGE OF MARIN
USA	New Mexico	North America	DONA ANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
USA	Washington	North America	EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
USA	Missouri	North America	METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
USA	California	North America	MIRA COSTA COLLEGE
USA	California	North America	MISSION COLLEGE
USA	California	North America	OHLONE COLLEGE
USA	Oklahoma	North America	OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
USA	Arkansas	North America	SPRING INT’L LANG CENTER – LITTLETON
USA	Illinois	North America	WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE
USA	Iowa	North America	COE COLLEGE
USA	New York	North America	COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND
USA	Kansas	North America	DONNELLY COLLEGE
USA	Georgia	North America	GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE
USA	California	North America	GROSSMONT COLLEGE
USA	Kansas	North America	HESSTON COLLEGE
USA	New York	North America	MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE
USA	Mississippi	North America	MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
USA	California	North America	NEWTON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
USA	Vermont	North America	SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE
Canada	Ontario	North America	ST. CLAIR COLLEGE
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	WESTMINSTITUTEER COLLEGE
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	LINDEN HALL
USA	Minnesota	North America	SHATTUCK SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL
USA	Montana	North America	A.C.E. LANGUAGE INSTITUTE – MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Texas	North America	ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
USA	Arizona	North America	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY TESTING SERVICES
USA	Arkansas	North America	ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Alabama	North America	AUBURN UNIVERSITY
USA	Alabama	North America	AUBURN UNIVERSITY – MONTGOMERY
USA	Mississippi	North America	BELHAVEN UNIVERSITY
USA	Illinois	North America	BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY – SPRINGFIELD
USA	South Carolina	North America	BOB JONES UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY – THE LANG COMPANY
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – FULLERTON
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – SACRAMENTO
USA	California	North America	CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – STANISLAUS
USA	Oklahoma	North America	CAMERON UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
USA	Connecticut	North America	CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	CLARK UNIVERSITY
USA	Colorado	North America	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY – FORT COLLINS
USA	Colorado	North America	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY – PUEBLO
USA	West Virginia	North America	CONCORD UNIVERSITY
USA	Nebraska	North America	CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
USA	Kansas	North America	EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Montana	North America	ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE / UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA – MISSOULA
USA	Virginia	North America	FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	FIVE BRANCHES UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
USA	Florida	North America	GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE
USA	Washington DC	North America	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
USA	Georgia	North America	GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
USA	California	North America	GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO
USA	California	North America	INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
USA	Iowa	North America	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Iowa	North America	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY – IEOP
USA	Florida	North America	JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY – NORTH MIAMI
USA	Rhode Islan	North America	JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY – PROVIDENCE
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY
Canada	Ontario	North America	LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY
USA	Michigan	North America	LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
USA	Virginia	North America	LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY
USA	Louisiana	North America	LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Louisiana	North America	LOYOLA UNIVERSITY – NEW ORLEANS
USA	Michigan	North America	MADONNA UNIVERSITY
USA	Missouri	North America	MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY – ST LOUIS
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
USA	Michigan	North America	MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
USA	Minnesota	North America	MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY – MANKATO
Canada	New Brunswick	North America	MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY
USA	Kentucky	North America	MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	North Carolina	North America	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Missouri	North America	NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY
USA	Oklahoma	North America	OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	PACIFIC STATES UNIVERSITY
USA	Illinois	North America	ROCKFORD COLLEGE
USA	New Jersey	North America	ROWAN UNIVERSITY
USA	Missouri	North America	SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
USA	Minnesota	North America	SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY – MINNESOTA
USA	Washington	North America	SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
USA	California	North America	SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	New Hampshire	North America	SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	STANTON UNIVERSITY
USA	New York	North America	STONY BROOK – SUNY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY – BOSTON
USA	New York	North America	SUNY – ALBANY
USA	New York	North America	SUNY – BUFFALO
USA	Pennsylvania	North America	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
USA	Texas	North America	TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – COMMERCE
USA	Texas	North America	TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – LAREDO
USA	Texas	North America	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY – SAN MARCOS
Canada	British Columbia	North America	THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
USA	Massachusetts	North America	TUFTS UNIVERSITY
USA	Ohio	North America	UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
USA	Alabama	North America	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA – TUSCALOOSA
USA	Arkansas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – FORT SMITH
USA	California	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS
USA	California	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE
USA	Florida	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
USA	Connecticut	North America	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
USA	Delaware	North America	UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
USA	Connecticut	North America	UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD
USA	Hawaii	North America	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII – MANOA
USA	Iowa	North America	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
USA	Mississippi	North America	UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI – UNIVERSITY
USA	Missouri	North America	UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – COLUMBIA
USA	Nebraska	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – KEARNEY
USA	Nebraska	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN
USA	New Hampshire	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE – DURHAM
USA	New Mexico	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO – ALBUQUERQUE
USA	Florida	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
USA	Iowa	North America	UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
USA	Oklahoma	North America	UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
USA	Oregon	North America	UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
USA	California	North America	UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
USA	South Dakota	North America	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
USA	Tennesse	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – MARTIN
USA	Texas	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – SAN ANTONIO
USA	Ohio	North America	UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
USA	Wisconsin	North America	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – STEVENS POINT
Canada	Manitoba	North America	UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
Canada	British Columbia	North America	VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY
USA	Washington	North America	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
USA	Florida	North America	WEBBER INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA	Missouri	North America	WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
USA	North Carolina	North America	WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
USA	Kentucky	North America	WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY – ESLI
USA	Michigan	North America