2021 Best Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Mexican Students in Kentucky ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Kentucky to determine which were the best for Mexican students in Kentucky. 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.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Mexico

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

$31,608 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

University of Kentucky tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Mexican students in Kentucky. University of Kentucky is a large public school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.1% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UK come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

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

Full University of Kentucky Report

2

Murray State University
Murray, KY

$18,528 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.2% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Mexican students in Kentucky. Located in Murray, Kentucky, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,603 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.2% are international. Students studying at Murray State come from such countries as India, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

Full Murray State University 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.