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2021 Best Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Ecuador

4 Colleges
$41,444 Avg Tuition & Fees*
75% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Ecuadorian Students in North Carolina ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 4 colleges and universities across North Carolina to determine which were the best for Ecuadorian students in North Carolina. 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 North Carolina for Students from Ecuador

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Duke University
Durham, NC

Duke University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Ecuadorian students in North Carolina. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,319 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 18.3% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Duke are China, India, and South Korea.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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2

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Ecuadorian students in North Carolina. This large public school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 6,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 9.1% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at NC State are India, China, and South Korea.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 6,496 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 6.1% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UNC Chapel Hill come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Elon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Elon University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Elon, North Carolina that handed out 1,638 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.8% are international. Students from as far away as United Kingdom, China, and Canada come to Elon to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 schools only.

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