2021 Best Colleges in Alabama for Students from Oman

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Omani Students in Alabama ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in Alabama, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Omani students in Alabama. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall quality.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Alabama for Students from Oman

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

$20,400 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.8% International Students

University of Alabama at Birmingham tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Omani students in Alabama. This large public school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 2,965 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.8% are international. Students from as far away as India, China, and Saudi Arabia come to UAB to study.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

2

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

$31,090 Avg Tuition & Fees

3.1% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Omani students in Alabama. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the large public school handed out 8,062 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 3.1% of the total student body at the school. 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.

Full The University of Alabama 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.