TOEFL Fees & Score

TOEFL Fees & Scores

TOEFL iBT provides five scores: four sections scores for TOEFL reading, TOEFL listening, TOEFL writing, TOEFL speaking and a total score. Each section is on a 0-30 scale. The total score is the sum of the four section scores. The range of total scores could be anywhere from 0-120. It is valid for two years.

You may take the TOEFL iBT test only once in any seven-day period, even if you took the test and canceled your scores.

The normal fee to take the TOEFL test is $110. However, it varies based on country. To register for your test, please visit www.ets.org/toefl. Below is a schedule of representative fees. If you cancel your registration by the deadline, you will receive a refund equivalent to half of the original test fee.

  US$25 Late registration fee (Regular registration closes 7 days prior to the test date, not including the day of the test. The late registration deadline is 3 days prior to the test date.)  
  US$50 Rescheduling fee  
  US$20 Reinstatement of canceled iBT scores  
  US$17 Additional score report requests (per recipient)  
  US$60 TOEFL iBT Speaking or Writing section re-score  
  US$120 TOEFL iBT Speaking and Writing sections re-score  

Minimum and Maximum Section and Total Scores for TOEFL iBT

  Section Minimum Maximum  
  1. Reading 0 30  
  2. Listening 0 30  
  3. Speaking 0 30  
  4. Writing 0 30  
  Total 0 120  

Percentile Ranks for TOEFL iBT Scores (Source: ETS)

  Percentile Rank Reading Score Listening Score Speaking Score Writing Score Total Score  
  99 29 29 29 29 116  
  94 28 28 28 28 112  
  90 27 27 27 27 108  
  85 26 26 26 26 104  
  50 22 22 22 22 88  

In evaluating your performance on TOEFL iBT, it is useful to compare your score with those of other students from your native country and with those of students who speak the same language as you. However, the data in the following tables do not take in account varying similarities or differences between English and other languages. They are simply based on the performance of examinees native to specific countries.

Section Scores MEANS by Geographic Region and Native Country (Source: ETS)

  EUROPE Reading Listening Speaking Writing Total  
  Belgium 25 25 24 24 99  
  France 23 23 21 22 88  
  Germany 23 25 24 24 96  
  Greece 21 22 20 21 85  
  Italy 20 18 16 17 71  
  Netherlands 25 27 25 25 102  
  Portugal 24 25 23 23 95  
  Spain 22 23 21 21 87  
  Switzerland 24 25 23 23 96  
  Turkey 18 20 18 19 76  
  AMERICA            
  Canada 22 24 23 23 92  
  Mexico 21 22 21 20 84  
  ASIA            
  China 20 19 18 20 78  
  Hong Kong 18 21 19 22 80  
  India 22 23 23 23 91  
  Japan 15 17 15 17 65  
  Korea 17 19 17 19 72  
  Taiwan 16 18 17 19 71