Undergraduate Applicants

TOEFL Exemption for Admissions

International students must demonstrate proficiency in English as one of the admission requirements for undergraduate admission. A minimum 500 on the paper-based TOEFL, 173 on the computer-based TOEFL [CBT] or 61 on the internet-based TOEFL [iBT] is required. The Test of English as a Foreign Language [TOEFL] is required for all applicants whose native language is not English.

Exempt from submitting TOEFL scores are applicants that have:

• earned a high school diploma from a high school in the English education system in any English speaking countries/regions
• completed a minimum one term of full time post secondary academic studies in the United States, Canada, UK, Australia, or New Zealand where English proficiency is required for admission
• acceptable GCE Ordinary Level or Advanced Level results, GCSE results or acceptable test results of Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations [SSCE] by the West African Examinations Council,
• been recommended by the Lakeland University approved ESL schools in the U.S. or by other institutions of higher learning with which Lakeland University has a signed agreement regarding this requirement, or
• acceptable IELTS scores [minimum 6 for undergraduate or 7 for graduate admission]

Lakeland reserves the right to determine whether or not an admission test is required of an international applicant.