2021 Best Affordable Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Norway

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for international students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Value Colleges for Norwegian Students in South Carolina ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

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Top Value Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Norway

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 2021 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the best affordable school for Norwegian students in South Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 7,272 students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.6% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UofSC are China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at UofSC runs, on average, about $33,928. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $30,160 per year.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

Francis Marion University
Florence, SC

$21,544 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.0% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Francis Marion University is a great place for Norwegian students in South Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. This small public school is located in Florence, South Carolina, and it awarded 600 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 1.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Francis Marion University are Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Francis Marion University runs, on average, about $21,544. Graduate students pay around $22,000 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.