2021 Best Colleges in the New England Region for Students from Bahamas

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Bahamian Students in the New England Region ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across the New England Region to determine which were the best for Bahamian students in the New England Region. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality 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 Colleges in the New England Region for Students from Bahamas

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

$57,592 Avg Tuition & Fees

29.2% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Northeastern University the best school for Bahamian students in the New England Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,358 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 29.2% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Northeastern are China, India, and Taiwan.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full Northeastern University Report

2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

$35,950 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.1% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,075 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 5.1% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at JWU Providence are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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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.