2021 Best Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Pakistan

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Pakistani Students in South Carolina ranking.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across South Carolina to determine which were the best for Pakistani students in South Carolina. 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 South Carolina for Students from Pakistan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

$38,550 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best school for Pakistani students in South Carolina in this year’s ranking. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 5,155 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as India, China, and Iran come to Clemson to study.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Clemson University Report

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. 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.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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.