2021 Best Affordable Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Jamaica

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for international students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Value Colleges for Jamaican Students in North Carolina ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across North Carolina to determine which were the best for Jamaican students in North Carolina. 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.

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 North Carolina for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Johnson C Smith University
Charlotte, NC

$18,944 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

0.6% International Students

Johnson C Smith University tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Jamaican students in North Carolina. JCSU is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 227 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 0.6% are international. Students from as far away as Jamaica, South Africa, and Canada come to JCSU to study. International students at JCSU can expect to pay, on average, about $18,944 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $17,798 per year.

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2

Saint Augustine's University
Raleigh, NC

$16,896 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Augustine’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Jamaican students in North Carolina list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 108 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.2% are international. Students from as far away as Bahamas, Jamaica, and Barbados come to SAU to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at SAU is about $16,896 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $11,300 per year.

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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.