2021 Best Affordable Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Taiwan

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Taiwanese Students in West Virginia ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across West Virginia to determine which were the best for Taiwanese students in West Virginia. 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.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Taiwan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

$19,606 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.1% International Students

Our analysis found Marshall University to be the best affordable school for Taiwanese students in West Virginia in this year’s ranking. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, the fairly large public school handed out 1,541 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 2.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Marshall University come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Marshall University runs, on average, about $19,606. Graduate students pay around $21,434 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

$25,824 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Taiwanese students in West Virginia list. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4,540 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 5.4% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and China come to WVU to study. 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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Wheeling University
Wheeling, WV

$29,290 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.3% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Wheeling University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Taiwanese students in West Virginia. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 85 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 3.3% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as Congo, Venezuela, and Canada come to Wheeling University to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Wheeling University runs, on average, about $29,290. Graduate students pay around $10,160 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, 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 3 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.