2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Oman

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for international students. 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 Omani Students in Kentucky ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for Omani students in Kentucky. 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.

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Top Value Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Oman

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

$27,000 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.5% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Western Kentucky University the best affordable school for Omani students in Kentucky working on their bachelor’s degree. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 3,055 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 1.5% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at WKU are Saudi Arabia, China, and India. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at WKU runs, on average, about $27,000. Graduate students pay around $18,340 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

$31,608 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 5,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UK are China, India, and South Korea. International students at UK can expect to pay, on average, about $31,608 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $33,548 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second 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%.

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