2021 Best Colleges in the Plains States Region for Students from Israel

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Israeli Students in the Plains States Region ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in the Plains States Region , we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Israeli students in the Plains States Region. 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 the Plains States Region for Students from Israel

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

$33,818 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.0% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the best school for Israeli students in the Plains States Region working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the large public school awarded 9,414 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.0% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UMN Twin Cities to study.

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

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

2

Maharishi International University
Fairfield, IA

$16,530 Avg Tuition & Fees

42.6% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 134 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 42.6% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Nepal, Ethiopia, and China come to MIU to study.

Read full report on Maharishi International University

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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.