2021 Best Colleges in Iowa for Students from Oman

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Omani Students in Iowa ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Iowa for Students from Oman

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

$25,446 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.1% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Iowa State University the best school for Omani students in Iowa working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Ames, Iowa, the large public school awarded 6,998 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 8.1% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Iowa State are China, India, and Malaysia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Iowa State University Report

2

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

$19,753 Avg Tuition & Fees

3.5% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Northern Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Omani students in Iowa. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,555 students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 3.5% are international. Students studying at UNI come from such countries as Saudi Arabia, China, and Mexico.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Northern Iowa 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.