2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Connecticut for Students from Ghana

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Ghanaian Students in Connecticut ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Connecticut to determine which were the best for Ghanaian students in Connecticut. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Connecticut for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

$41,192 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

13.1% International Students

University of Connecticut tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Ghanaian students in Connecticut. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, the large public school awarded 5,991 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 13.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UCONN are China, India, and South Korea. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at UCONN runs, on average, about $41,192. Graduate students pay around $42,237 a year in average tuition and fees.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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2

Yale University
New Haven, CT

$59,950 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

21.1% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Ghanaian students in Connecticut. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,431 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 21.1% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Yale are China, Canada, and India. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Yale is about $59,950 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $45,700 a year in average tuition and fees.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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.