2021 Best Affordable Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Sri Lanka

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Sri Lankan Students in North Carolina ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for Sri Lankan students in North Carolina. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Value Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Sri Lanka

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

$29,916 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

9.1% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named North Carolina State University the best affordable school for Sri Lankan students in North Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 9.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at NC State are India, China, and South Korea. International students at NC State can expect to pay, on average, about $29,916 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $29,690 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

$22,627 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.5% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Sri Lankan students in North Carolina. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,694 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 2.5% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UNC Greensboro are China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at UNC Greensboro is about $22,627 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $21,983 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.