TOEFL
Undergraduate Programs
For admission as an undergraduate student at Fresno Pacific University, international students must take the TOEFL exam. FPU offers the institutional paper-based test (PBT). The institutional PBT is offered at Fresno Pacific University five times a year: in August, December, January, April and June. Students have the option of taking the iBT (internet-based test) at any official TOEFL testing institution. Information can be found online at www.ets.org.
TOEFL Minimum Score Requirements:
| Overall Exam | Writing Section | Listening Section | Reading Section | |
| Paper-Based Test (PBT) | 500 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Internet-Based Test (iBT) | 61 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
Graduate Programs
Students need good English skills in order to be successful in graduate studies. Students whose native language is not English and who do not have a TOEFL score, or do not meet the minimum score requirements listed below, will be required to improve their English language proficiency in the Intensive English Language Program (IELP).
TOEFL Minimum Score Requirements:
| Paper-Based Test (PBT) | Internet-Based Test (iBT) | |
| Overall exam | 550 | 79-80 |
See detailed TOEFL comparisons.
Sign up to take the institutional paper-based test (PBT) in April.


