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Requirements

All international applicants are required to submit an official and current TOEFL or IELTS score report, with the following exceptions:

• Applicants from an English-speaking country and have an educational background in an English-speaking school system;
• Applicants transferring from an approved U.S. institution with 30 or more credit hours and acceptable GPA;
• Applicants with a degree from an accredited English-language university in the U.S. or another English-speaking country or a diploma from a U.S. high school; or
• Applicants demonstrating English-language proficiency using methods approved by University Admissions, including completion of an ESL program.

The required TOEFL scores for regular NMSU admission:

• 68 on the iBT or 520 on the paper-based test for applicants to undergraduate degree programs.
• 79 on the iBT or 550 on the paper-based test for applicants to graduate degree programs**

**Academic departments reserve the right to require higher TOEFL/IELTS standards.

The required IELTS scores for regular NMSU admission:

• 6.0 overall for undergraduate applicants.
• 6.5 for graduate applicants.

Applicants may be admitted with scores lower than those listed above and in such cases would be tentative or conditional depending on the TOELF or IELTS score.