2021 Best Colleges in Arizona for Students from United Arab Emirates

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. 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 Emirati Students in Arizona ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

We analyzed 3 colleges and universities across Arizona to determine which were the best for Emirati students in Arizona. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Colleges in Arizona for Students from United Arab Emirates

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 2021 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the best school for Emirati students in Arizona working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Tempe, Arizona, the large public school handed out 14,829 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.4% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at ASU - Tempe are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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 Emirati students in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a large public school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 8,117 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 6.7% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at University of Arizona are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

$17,761 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Emirati students in Arizona list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, the large public school handed out 6,331 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.2% are international. Students from as far away as Kuwait, China, and Saudi Arabia come to NAU to study.

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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.