How to Apply

1. Ensign College uses a holistic review process, which means that all parts of the application are considered. We admit 91% of all applicants, but do not guarantee admission based solely off of GPA or English Proficiency scores. 
   
2. If an applicant has already earned an Associate of Science (AS) or Bachelor’s degree in the U.S., they can only be in a certificate, Associate of Applied Science (AAS), or Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program. They will not be able to earn a second AS degree.  If an applicant has been awarded an Associate of Science degree or Bachelor's degree OUTSIDE of the U.S., and an approved transcript evaluation service has evaluated the degree to be equivalent to a degree received from a U.S. accredited institution, the applicant will still be eligible to apply for any one of Ensign College's Associate of Science degrees or Bachelor of Applied Science degrees.
   
3. All admissions documentation received for an application becomes property of Ensign College and cannot be returned to the applicant.
   
4. *NOTE: All transcripts and financial documents must be received two weeks before the deadline for the semester you are applying. All transcripts and documents received closer to the application deadline may not be processed in time to submit the application.
   
5.  If you would like to request an exception to your application, please fill out our Exception to Admission Policy Form here . Note that English Proficiency waivers will only be considered if the rest of the application documents have been received and the application is complete.

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Have you completed your high school/secondary or college education at a non-U.S. accredited institution outside of the United States? This education will need to be evaluated by a transcript evaluation service. We accept evaluations from the following two agencies:

• International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
  
  • IERF is our preferred agency.
  • Be sure to select Ensign College as the recipient as part of your online application.
  • Ensign College and other CES schools require the “detail report”.
  • View this video for more instructions.

• SpanTran
  
  • Follow the instructions to apply for a course analysis of your non-U.S. high school/secondary or college transcripts.

We suggest that you arrange for your academic documents to be submitted to IERF or SpanTran 4-6 weeks before our admission application deadline in order to allow enough time for the company to submit the evaluation to us.

Ensign College requires equivalency of high school completion/graduation or completion of at least 24 semester credits of college work. If you have documentation that shows your high school/secondary or college education completed at a non-U.S. accredited institution outside of the United States, please do not send those documents directly to us unless they are from an accredited U.S. institution. We will discard any international transcripts that are not properly evaluated.

You may be required to submit proof of English Proficiency. This requirement may apply to international and U.S. students. This can be met by providing results from one of our accepted tests:

• TOEFL (iBT)
• IELTS (Academic)
• Pearson’s PTE
• Cambridge English – Advanced Placement Test (CAE) or Proficiency Test (CPE)

TOEFL, IELTS, and PTE scores are valid for two years. If the exam expires before the application deadline, a new score will be required. The Cambridge English exams do not expire.

Not sure if you need to provide proof of English Proficiency? Once you complete the School Selection and Profile tabs of the application, the Status tab will indicate whether proof is required.

If the English Proficiency exam is required, you will need to meet the minimum sub scores as shown below. If you don't meet the minimum sub scores the first time, you are encouraged to increase your skills and retest.

Please note that your admission decision will be based on your most recent test scores.

Scores from any of these tests should be sent directly from the testing company that issued the test. To do this, you will need to select Ensign College when you take the test or request an official score report to be sent to us later.

For the TOEFL iBT test, our institution code is 4414.

If you choose to use the IELTS test, applicants must contact the IELTS test center where you took the test to request your official test results. We do not accept unofficial copies of IELTS Test Report Forms from students. An institution code is NOT required. Ensign College is registered to receive IELTS scores using the IELTS Results Service E-Delivery, so please send scores to:

Ensign College
95 North 300 West
Salt Lake City, Utah
84101

Please be sure to register for your exam with your name exactly as it appears on your Ensign College application .

*Effective September 1, 2017, Ensign College does not accept the Michigan MELAB or the Michigan Internexus tests.

Our four approved English Proficiency tests will complete the English Proficiency requirement automatically, but we allow other methods to verify proficiency. If you meet one of the requirements below, complete the Exception to Admission Policy Form and select “Waiving English Proficiency Requirement”.

English proficiency can be waived by the following:

• Proof of graduation from a regionally accredited U.S. high school. Students must receive “C” or better grades in non-ESL level English courses. Upload a high school transcript when you submit the form.

• A grade of “C-“ or better in a college-level English writing or composition course at a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. This course is equivalent to Ensign College’s ENG 101 Introduction to College Writing course. We must receive official college transcripts to verify. For on-campus students, the PathwayConnect English courses will not satisfy this requirement.

• A score of 18 or higher on the ACT English section. Upload ACT scores or a high school transcript with ACT scores listed.

If you have completed the PathwayConnect program, be sure to include this as college work in your application. Completion of this program does not waive or fulfill any other admission requirements including high school completion and English Proficiency. If you are admitted to the college, readiness testing is still required for all incoming students.

For more information on how your PathwayConnect credit will transfer, please see our PathwayConnect Transfer Guide .