2021 Best Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Sri Lanka

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lanka

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

$38,550 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

Clemson University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Sri Lankan students in South Carolina. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5,155 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 4.9% of the total student body at the school. 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%.

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 7,272 students in 2020-2021.

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

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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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.