2021 Best Affordable Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Jamaica

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Value Colleges for Jamaican Students in West Virginia ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for Jamaican students in West Virginia. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Value Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

$25,824 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

Our analysis found West Virginia University to be the best affordable school for Jamaican students in West Virginia in this year’s ranking. WVU is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 4,540 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 5.4% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at WVU are Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and China. International students at WVU can expect to pay, on average, about $25,824 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $26,676 per year.

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University of Charleston
Charleston, WV

$21,450 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.2% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Charleston helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Jamaican students in West Virginia. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 591 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 5.2% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Canada, United Kingdom, and Brazil come to UC to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at UC runs, on average, about $21,450. Graduate students pay around $16,400 a year in average tuition and fees.

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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.