2021 Best Colleges in Alabama for Students from Thailand

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Thai 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 Thai students in Alabama. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Colleges in Alabama for Students from Thailand

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

$31,986 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.1% International Students

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the best school for Thai students in Alabama in this year’s ranking. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,840 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 8.1% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Auburn are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

$20,400 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.8% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means University of Alabama at Birmingham is a great place for Thai students in Alabama working on their bachelor’s degree. UAB is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2,965 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.8% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UAB are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

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

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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.