Although International MBA (Master in Business Administration) aspirants compare their GMAT scores with the class average of their target school, they often don’t pay close attention to the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score.

For Business Schools, TOEFL test is a guarantee that has the ability to communicate effectively with your peers and professors.

TOEFL Requirements for US Schools

School TOEFL Score Notes

Harvard 109 strongly recommended by adcom

Stanford 100

Wharton Required no cut-off score; average is given as 111

MIT Not Required may be included if an applicant wishes to do so

Chicago Booth 104 otherwise ‘admission would be contingent upon meeting
the minimum scores or other language requirements’

Kellogg Required no cut-off score specified. Note that average is 109 (2011)
Columbia Required no cut-off score specified

Tuck Required no cut-off score specified

Berkeley (Haas) 68 note that average given for reference is 113

Michigan (Ross) 100

Duke (Fuqua) Required no cut-off score specified

Darden 100 not a strict requirement

Yale 100

NYU Stern Required no cut-off score specified

Cornell Johnson Required require 600 for old paper-based tests (with 5 in TWE), which corresponds to 100 in new format (with 25 in Writing)

UCLA (Anderson) 87 they note that you should have a good excuse for anything below 100

CMU (Tepper) Required no min score for TOEFL iBT is given, but they specify 600 for old Paper-Based test, so I think it’s 100 for iBT

TOEFL Requirements for Top European Schools

School TOEFL Score Notes

IMD Not Required TOEFL is not required, but there is general requirement of ‘strong command of spoken and written English’

INSEAD 105 note that those for whom English is native language, must show knowledge of another language as entry requirement

LBS Required no specific ‘cut-off’ score is specified. Last year, there was an unofficial recommendation of 109+, but people with lesser scores could get in.

IE 100

IESE 100 Note that IESE requires 100 for its FT MBA and 93 for its Executive MBA

HEC 100 Alternatively you can present IELTS score of 6.5 or TOIEC score of 850

TOEFL Requirements for UK Schools

School TOEFL Score Notes

Ashridge 100

Cambridge (Judge) 110 min 25 in each section

Cass 105

Cranfield 100

Manchester 100 no individual element must be below 20

Oxford (Said) 109 this is new requirement for 2010

Warwick 105