Educational Credential Evaluations

**All students who apply for admission to the ESU with transcripts from a foreign secondary or post-secondary educational institution will be required to submit an official educational credential evaluation.

International transcripts will require a course-by-course evaluation (post-secondary) or a document-by-document and GPA calculation evaluation (high school) by an approved third-party credential evaluation agency, National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

*All of the companies listed below are current members of NACES.  This is not a comprehensive list of all authorized evaluation companies.

World Education Services, Inc.
International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
Foreign Academic Credential Service, Inc.

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
Education Evaluators International, Inc.
SpanTran Educational Services

English Proficiency

TOEFL: All non-native speakers of English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) administered by the Education Testing Service (ETS). Scores should be sent directly from ETS. A minimum score of 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer version), or 79 (internet-based) is required for admission to East Stroudsburg University. 

IELTS: Applicants may also take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.  A minimum band score of 6.0 is required for admission to ESU.