2021 Best Affordable Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Iran

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 Iranian Students in South Carolina ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in South Carolina, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Iranian students in South Carolina. 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 South Carolina for Students from Iran

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best affordable school for Iranian students in South Carolina in this year’s ranking. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the large public school handed out 7,272 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.6% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to UofSC to study. International students at UofSC can expect to pay, on average, about $33,928 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $30,160 per year.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

$38,550 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5,155 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 4.9% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Clemson are India, China, and Iran. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Clemson is about $38,550 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $23,246 per year.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Clemson University 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.