排名源自US News & World Report公布的美国综合院校排名(2015年),雅思分数由雅思主办方提供,更新于2014年10月。统计显示,综合排名前100的102所美国院校当中,93所院校的本科课程接受雅思成绩的申请,占91%。
| 排名 | 院校名称 | 雅思要求(本科) |
| 1 | Princeton University | Please consult the school |
| 2 | Harvard University | No score required (Only SAT or ACT) |
| 3 | Yale University | 7 |
| 4 | Columbia University | 7 |
| 4 | Stanford University | Please consult the school |
| 4 | University of Chicago | 7, with sub scores of 7 each module. |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Please consult the school |
| 8 | Duke University | 7 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | Accepted, please contact school for score |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | Please consult the school |
| 11 | Dartmouth College | 7 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins University | 7 |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 7.5 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis | Accepted, please contact school for score |
| 15 | Cornell University | 7 |
| 16 | Brown University | 8 |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 7.5 |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 7 |
| 19 | Rice University | 7 |
| 20 | University of California—?Berkeley | 7 |
| 21 | Emory University | 7 |
| 21 | Georgetown University | Please consult the school |
| 23 | University of California—?Los Angeles | 7 |
| 23 | University of Virginia | Accepted, please contact school for score |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7.5 |
| 25 | University of Southern California | 7 |
| 27 | Tufts University | 7 |
| 27 | Wake Forest University | Please consult the school |
| 29 | University of Michigan—?Ann Arbor | 6.5-7.0 range with section scores 6.5+ |
| 30 | University of North Carolina—?Chapel Hill | 7 |
| 31 | Boston College | Please consult the school |
| 32 | New York University | 7.5 |
| 33 | College of William and Mary |