2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Ohio for Students from Ecuador

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Ecuadorian Students in Ohio ranking - to help you make that decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Ohio to determine which were the best for Ecuadorian students in Ohio. 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.

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Top Value Colleges in Ohio for Students from Ecuador

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

$22,810 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.7% International Students

Ohio University - Athens Campus tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Ecuadorian students in Ohio. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 6,797 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 3.7% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to OHIO Athens to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at OHIO Athens runs, on average, about $22,810. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $17,712 per year.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

$27,111 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

7.3% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,500 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 7.3% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UC are India, China, and South Korea. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at UC is about $27,111 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $26,644 per year.

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

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 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.