2021 Best Colleges in Iowa for Students from Turkey

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Turkish Students in Iowa ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for Turkish students in Iowa. 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.

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Top Colleges in Iowa for Students from Turkey

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

$25,446 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.1% International Students

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best school for Turkish students in Iowa in this year’s ranking. Iowa State University is a large public school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 6,998 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 8.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Iowa State come from such countries as China, India, and Malaysia.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

$31,905 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.9% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means University of Iowa is a great place for Turkish students in Iowa working on their bachelor’s degree. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5,998 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.9% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Iowa are China, South Korea, and India.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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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.