2021 Best Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Norway

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Norwegian Students in South Carolina ranking.

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

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best school for Norwegian students in South Carolina in this year’s ranking. This large public school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 7,272 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.6% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UofSC are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

Francis Marion University
Florence, SC

$21,544 Avg Tuition & Fees

1.0% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Francis Marion University is a great place for Norwegian students in South Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. Francis Marion University is located in Florence, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 600 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.0% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Francis Marion University are Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden.

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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.