Short answer first. A score predictor is only as good as the minimums it predicts against, so here is the honest version, built from the 255 programs in our records that state a Duolingo minimum: the median stated minimum is 115 and the most common is 120. Read the table the way an applicant should: find your score, see how much of the map it opens.
The clearance table
| Your Duolingo score | Programs whose stated minimum you clear | Share of the 255 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 49 | 19% |
| 105 | 83 | 33% |
| 110 | 120 | 47% |
| 115 | 157 | 62% |
| 120 | 197 | 77% |
| 125 | 226 | 89% |
| 130 | 255 | 100% |
The middle of the table is where the leverage is. Moving from 105 to 115 nearly doubles the programs you clear, from 83 to 157; moving from 115 to 125 adds another 69. Below 100 the map almost closes: only 22 of the 255 state a minimum under 100, and just 2 go as low as 90, which is why the 105-score guide on this site is a shortlist exercise rather than a shopping list. At 130 the whole recorded map is open, all 255. LumeTest's Duolingo English Test Prediction page, whose estimate-your-score format this article follows, works from practice-test performance; this one works from the demand side, the minimums themselves. The two meet in the middle: a predicted score only matters against a counted distribution like this, and the Score Sprint Planner turns a target score into a study plan.
The shape of the minimums
One caution belongs on any predictor, ours included: a stated minimum is a floor, not an offer. Programs admit above their floors, and competitive ones admit well above. What the count gives you is the eligibility map, which programs your score keeps you in the game for, and that is the question worth answering before any application fee moves.
Sources: predictor format modeled on LumeTest, Duolingo English Test Prediction: Estimate Your Score (credited by name; its page address is truncated in our source sheet). All counts from this site's own program records (255 stating a Duolingo minimum, harvested from its public search index, November 5, 2026).