English Proficiency Requirements
Requirements
English Proficiency Requirements
All English as Second Language (ESL) applicants are required to meet a minimum standard of English proficiency for admission. This requirement can be met if:
- You have received or will receive a post-secondary degree in the United States.
- You have received or will receive a post-secondary degree where English is the language (medium)Â of instruction.
- You take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or an International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Duolingo, or another approved English proficiency test and receive a score that is equal to or higher than your program’s requirements. Tests must have been taken in the last two years.
- You successfully complete an English language training program approved by UCCS.
- Your program of choice has developed other approved criteria that you meet.
Please contact your program to discuss alternative approved criteria.
Summary of Program Requirements:
Graduate Programs | Degrees | TOEFL iBT | IELTS | DUOLINGO |
Accounting | MSA | 85 | 6.5 | 105 |
Athletic Training | MSAT | 90 | 6.5 | 110 |
Biology: Ecology & Evolution, Exercise Science or Molecular & Cellular | MSc | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Business Administration, Campus or Online | MBA | 85 | 6.5 | 105 |
Business Administration: Executive Doctorate | DBA | 85 | 6.5 | 105 |
Chemistry & Biochemistry | MSc | 100 | 7 | 120 |
Communication - Online Only | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Computer Science | MS | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Computer Science | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Computer Science: Games and Media Integration | MS | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Counseling and Human Services: Clinical Mental Health Counseling | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Counseling and Human Services: Counseling & Leadership (Air Force Officer Command) | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Counseling and Human Services: School Counseling | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Criminal Justice | MCJ | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Curriculum and Instruction Programs - On Campus and Online | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Electrical Engineering | MSEE | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Electrical Engineering | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Engineering Management - Online Only | ME | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Engineering Systems- Online Only | ME | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Engineering: Cybersecurity | ME | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Engineering: Software Engineering | ME | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Engineering: Space Operations- Online Only | ME | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Geography: Applied | MA | 89 | 6.5 | 110 |
Health Promotion | MSc | 92 | 7 | 115 |
History | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Leadership: Education & Principal Licensure- On Campus and Online | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Leadership: Educational Leadership, Research & Policy | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Leadership: Student Affairs in Higher Education (SAHE) | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Mathematics | MSc | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Mathematics: Applied Science | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Mathematics: Applied | MS | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Mechanical Engineering | MS | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Nursing: Doctorate of Nursing Practice - Online Only | DNP | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Nursing: Nurse Practitioner or Nursing Education - Online only | MSN | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Physics | MSc | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Physics: Applied Science | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Physiology: Applied Science | MSc | 92 | 7 | 110 |
Psychology: Clinical (PhD): Geropsychology or Trauma Emphasis | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Psychology: Clinical or Psychological Science | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Public Administration - Online and On Campus | MPA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Science Education | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Science Teaching | MSc | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Security | PhD | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Social Work | MSW | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Sociology | MA | 100 (600 PBT) | 7 | 120 |
Special Education | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |
Sports Nutrition | MSc | 92 | 7 | 115 |
Teaching English to Speakers Of Other Languages (TESOL) | MA | 80 | 6.5 | 105 |