2021 Best Colleges in Washington for Students from Norway

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Norwegian Students in Washington ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in Washington, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Norwegian students in Washington. 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.

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Top Colleges in Washington for Students from Norway

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

$39,906 Avg Tuition & Fees

16.2% International Students

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the best school for Norwegian students in Washington in this year’s ranking. Located in Seattle, Washington, the large public school awarded 9,451 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 16.2% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UW Seattle to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA

$47,576 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.7% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Lutheran University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pacific Lutheran University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Tacoma, Washington that handed out 604 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.7% are international. Students from as far away as Norway, China, and Vietnam come to PLU to study.

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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.