Concordia University Chicago Admission & Tuition

Regardless of program, a copy of transcripts is required for all completed degrees (do not need to be official unless from a US school).

• For any non-US schools: An official course-by-course transcript evaluation (not the general evaluation) from either ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators) or WES (World Education Services). Evaluations must be sent directly from ECE/WES to Concordia to be considered official. Concordia-Chicago will not accept evaluations from anyone other than ECE and WES. The students will need to have their transcripts sent directly from each school to ECE/WES for the evaluation. The evaluation must show that the student has earned a degree that is equivalent to a 4- year (NOT 3-year) bachelor’s degree earned at a regionally accredited school in the U.S. They need a 2.85 GPA for Standard Acceptance. If the student is between 2.25 and 2.84, they can be accepted on a probationary basis (Conditional Acceptance).
• If a student has earned a degree from a U.S. regionally accredited school, they do not need to do the ECE/WES. Instead, they submit a copy of their transcript from their non-U.S. school(s) and an official transcript from their U.S. school(s).

Concordia University Chicago is proud to accept qualified students from around the world. Please review the requirements below for English language proficiency. 

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 72 (internet-based)
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 6.0
• Password Test score of at least 6.0
• Pearson Test of English score of at least 61
• Proof of successful completion of Level 112 at an ELS Language School or certificate of Completion of Program from an English Language Institute (ELI), along with a recommendation of the program director
• Duolingo score of 90 or above
• Michigan test score of 85
• King George International College (KGIC) English for Post-Secondary Education (EPE) final proficiency test score of 75% with a passing class score of 80.

International applicants who have earned an advanced degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or students from an international English-speaking country or university (in which the lingua franca is English) need not submit English language scores.  Students that earned a degree from a school outside of the U.S. must submit a letter from the Registrar’s Office at the university where the degree was earned.  The letter needs to state that the primary language of the school is English.