2021 Best Colleges in Connecticut for Students from Ghana

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Ghanaian Students in Connecticut ranking - to help you make that decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Connecticut to determine which were the best for Ghanaian students in Connecticut. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Connecticut for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

$59,950 Avg Tuition & Fees

21.1% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Yale University the best school for Ghanaian students in Connecticut working on their bachelor’s degree. Yale University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 1,431 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 21.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Yale come from such countries as China, Canada, and India.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Yale University Report

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

$41,192 Avg Tuition & Fees

13.1% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, the large public school handed out 5,991 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 13.1% are international. Students studying at UCONN come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of Connecticut Report

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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.