2021 Best Colleges in Arizona for Students from Saudi Arabia

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. 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 Saudi Arabian Students in Arizona ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 3 schools in Arizona, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Saudi Arabian students in Arizona. 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 Arizona for Students from Saudi Arabia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

$29,438 Avg Tuition & Fees

10.4% International Students

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the best school for Saudi Arabian students in Arizona in this year’s ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 14,829 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 10.4% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at ASU - Tempe are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

$35,153 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.7% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Saudi Arabian students in Arizona list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, the large public school awarded 8,117 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 6.7% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at University of Arizona come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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3

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

$17,761 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

A rank of #3 on our list means Northern Arizona University is a great place for Saudi Arabian students in Arizona working on their bachelor’s degree. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,331 students in 2020-2021.

Around 2.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at NAU come from such countries as Kuwait, China, and Saudi Arabia.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.