2021 Best Colleges in Virginia for Students from Ecuador

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 Ecuadorian Students in Virginia ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Virginia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Ecuadorian students in Virginia. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality 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 Colleges in Virginia for Students from Ecuador

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

$33,857 Avg Tuition & Fees

9.6% International Students

Virginia Tech tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Ecuadorian students in Virginia. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, the large public school awarded 7,699 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 9.6% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to Virginia Tech to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

$54,438 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.4% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large public school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 5,493 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 8.4% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to University of Virginia to study.

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

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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.