2021 Best Colleges in Alabama for Students from Kuwait

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Kuwaiti Students in Alabama ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for Kuwaiti students in Alabama. 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 Alabama for Students from Kuwait

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

$31,090 Avg Tuition & Fees

3.1% International Students

Our analysis found The University of Alabama to be the best school for Kuwaiti students in Alabama in this year’s ranking. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 8,062 students in 2020-2021.

Around 3.1% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UA are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

$17,012 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.6% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Kuwaiti students in Alabama list. USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2,008 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.6% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at USA are Kuwait, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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3

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

$20,400 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.8% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Alabama at Birmingham helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Kuwaiti students in Alabama. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large public school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 2,965 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.8% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UAB are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

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

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4

Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL

$20,840 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.5% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,491 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 1.5% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Jacksonville State University are China, Saudi Arabia, and Canada.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

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