2021 Best Colleges in Arizona for Students from Jamaica

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 Jamaican Students in Arizona ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Arizona to determine which were the best for Jamaican students in Arizona. 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 Arizona for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

$29,438 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.4% International Students

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the best school for Jamaican students in Arizona in this year’s ranking. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14,829 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 10.4% are international. Students studying at ASU - Tempe come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

$17,189 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.1% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Jamaican students in Arizona list. This large private for-profit school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 13,529 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 1.1% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Grand Canyon University are India, Canada, and Nigeria.

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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.