2021 Best Affordable Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Thailand

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Thai Students in West Virginia ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in West Virginia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Thai 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 Thailand

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 Thai students in West Virginia in this year’s ranking. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, the fairly large public school awarded 1,541 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Marshall University are China, India, and Saudi Arabia. International students at Marshall University can expect to pay, on average, about $19,606 a year to attend the school. 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

A rank of #2 on our list means West Virginia University is a great place for Thai students in West Virginia working on their bachelor’s degree. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 4,540 students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.4% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at WVU are Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and China. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at WVU is about $25,824 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $26,676 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.