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Purdue University: the TOEFL® scores it publishes
This university has published a requirement on the official 1–6 band scale, so an applicant testing today can check their own report against it.
Every number below is followed by the sentence it was read from, the page it is on, and the day we read it. Nothing on this page is converted, averaged, or filled in from another source — where Purdue University publishes no number, this page publishes none either.
Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS)
Official 1–6 bands — tests taken on or after 21 Jan 2026
Exams taken on or after January 21, 2026
Minimum
- Overall
- 4.0
- Writing
- 4.0
- Speaking
- 3.5
- Listening
- 3.5
- Reading
- 4.0
“Minimum TOEFL Scores Required by OGSPS for Admission (For exams taken on or after January 21, 2026 ) TOEFL iBT(Internet-based, Home Edition, Paper Edition, Paper-Delivered*) TOEFL Essentials † Writing 4.0 8 Speaking 3.5 8 Listening 3.5 8 Reading 4.0 8 Minimum Overall Required for Admission 4.0 ‡ 8”
Purdue University Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students (OGSPS), read 2026-08-12
Legacy 0–120 scale — tests taken before 21 Jan 2026
Exams taken before January 21, 2026
Minimum
- Overall
- 80
- Writing
- 18
- Speaking
- 18
- Listening
- 14
- Reading
- 19
“Minimum TOEFL Scores Required by OGSPS for Admission (For exams taken before January 21, 2026 ) TOEFL iBT(Internet-based, Home Edition, Paper Edition, Paper-Delivered*) TOEFL Essentials † Writing 18 8 Speaking 18 8 Listening 14 8 Reading 19 8 Minimum Overall Required for Admission 80 ‡ 8”
Purdue University Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students (OGSPS), read 2026-08-12
Also on that page
“Some graduate programs require higher minimum scores than those listed above. Please review the English proficiency requirements for your specific program of interest here.”
Everything above is Purdue University Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students (OGSPS)’s own page, read 2026-08-12. Requirements change without notice — read it yourself before you book a test.
Before you use these numbers
- A university-level minimum is a floor, not an offer. Several of the pages in this dataset say in their own words that individual programmes require more.
- Which row applies to you depends on your test date, not on today’s date. Scores on the old scale stay valid for two years, so both rows can be live at once.
- Admissions pages change without notice and this one is a copy. The link beside each quote is the thing that decides your application.
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