School of Education: Standardized Tests

In accordance with New York State law, most School of Education programs excluding Counseling and Educational Pyschology require the GRE for admission. Applicants to Foreign Language programs (Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish) are required to take the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) from Language Testing International and achieve a minimum proficiency standard of Advanced Low.

International applicants whose education was completed in a country where English was not the native language must take the TOEFL and achieve the following minimum scores:

• Overall: Paper Based Test: 575 or Computer Administered Test: 233 or IBT: 68 (less speaking component)
• Writing: Paper Based Test: 4.5 or IBT Writing Section: 22 (TWE)
• Speaking: Paper Based Test: 45 or IBT Speaking Section: 23 (TSE)