Additional Criteria for International Students

English Proficiency

An international student whose native language is not English will be required to submit his/her score on an English-proficiency exam that was taken within two years of his/her application to Felician University. The following is a list of accepted, exam scores:

  • 80 – TOEFL iBT
  • 6.5 -- IELTS
  • 53 – PTE

A student may be exempt from submitting a score on an English-proficiency exam if he/she satisfies one of the following criteria:

  • Has earned at least thirty non-remedial credits from an accredited institution of higher education  inside of the United States or other native-English-speaking country
  •  Has achieved an ELS English for Academic Purposes Level 112 Completion Certificate within two years of his/her application to Felician University

Foreign Academic Credentials

An international student whose academic credentials are from an institution of higher education that is located outside of the United States will be required to have any undergraduate or graduate credentials screened by an evaluation service that is an official member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org).