2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Pennsylvania for Students from Bahamas

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Bahamian Students in Pennsylvania ranking - to help you make that decision.

We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Pennsylvania to determine which were the best for Bahamian students in Pennsylvania. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

Customizing Your List

Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Value Colleges in Pennsylvania for Students from Bahamas

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Lincoln University
Lincoln University, PA

$17,912 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.7% International Students

Our analysis found Lincoln University to be the best affordable school for Bahamian students in Pennsylvania in this year’s ranking. Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 470 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 2.7% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Lincoln are Nigeria, Bahamas, and Ghana. International students at Lincoln can expect to pay, on average, about $17,912 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $18,942 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

Pennsylvania State University - University Park
University Park, PA

$25,574 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

10.3% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Bahamian students in Pennsylvania list. Penn State University Park is a public institution located in University Park, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16,675 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.3% of the total student body at the school. International students at Penn State University Park can expect to pay, on average, about $25,574 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $39,778 per year.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

$57,136 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

9.4% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 3,440 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 9.4% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Drexel come from such countries as China, India, and Vietnam. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Drexel is about $57,136 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $37,074 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.