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Which colleges and universities accept the Duolingo English Test?

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Over 5,000 universities and institutions in over 110 countries accept the Duolingo English Test.

These schools include popular universities like:

  1. New York University
  2. Northeastern University
  3. Columbia University
  4. Arizona State University
  5. University of Southern California
  6. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
  7. Boston University
  8. Purdue University
  9. University of California Berkeley
  10. University of Calfornia San Diego
  11. University of Michigan
  12. University of Washington
  13. University of California Los Angeles
  14. University of Texas at Dallas
  15. Johns Hopkins University
  16. Pennsylvania State University
  17. Carnegie Mellon University
  18. University of California Irvine
  19. University of Pennsylvania
  20. University of Wisconsin
  21. University of Glasgow
  22. Coventry University
  23. University of Leeds
  24. Conestoga College
  25. University of British Columbia
  26. Fanshawe College
  27. Monash College
  28. Curtin College
  29. University of New South Wales
  30. Macquarie University

Which countries accept the Duolingo English Test?

The Duolingo English Test is accepted in over 110 countries, including the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

It is most widely accepted in the USA, where the vast majority of colleges and universities are now accepting DET results. This makes sense because Duolingo is based in the USA (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania specifically). Now that the DET is widely accepted in the USA, Duolingo is now concentrating on getting it accepted in schools in other countries.

So, if a school you would like to apply to does not accept the DET right now, you should check again closer to the application deadline because there is certainly a chance that they will have started accepting it!

Duolingo maintains the complete list of accepting schools at:  englishtest.duolingo.com/institutions.

👉 To see which schools in Europe accept the DET, check out our article: Universities in Europe Accepting Duolingo (Complete List)

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