2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Malaysia

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Value Colleges for Malaysian Students in Kentucky ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in Kentucky, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Malaysian students in Kentucky. 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 value.

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Top Value Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Malaysia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Murray State University
Murray, KY

$18,528 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.2% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Murray State University the best affordable school for Malaysian students in Kentucky working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Murray, Kentucky, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,603 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.2% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Murray State are India, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Murray State is about $18,528 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $14,544 per year.

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2

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

$31,608 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. University of Kentucky is a large public school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.1% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UK are China, India, and South Korea. International students at UK can expect to pay, on average, about $31,608 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $33,548 per year.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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.