2021 Best Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Thailand

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 North Carolina ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for Thai students in North Carolina. 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 North Carolina for Students from Thailand

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

$60,244 Avg Tuition & Fees

18.3% International Students

Duke University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Thai students in North Carolina. Duke University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 2,319 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 18.3% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Duke are China, India, and South Korea.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Duke University Report

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

$36,891 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.1% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great place for Thai students in North Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 6,496 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 6.1% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UNC Chapel Hill to study.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read full report on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

$29,916 Avg Tuition & Fees

9.1% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Thai students in North Carolina list. North Carolina State University is a large public school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 6,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 9.1% are international. Students studying at NC State come from such countries as India, China, and South Korea.

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

Read full report on North Carolina State University

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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.