2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Maryland for Students from Netherlands

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for international students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Dutch Students in Maryland ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for Dutch students in Maryland. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value 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 Value Colleges in Maryland for Students from Netherlands

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

$38,638 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

10.0% International Students

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best affordable school for Dutch students in Maryland in this year’s ranking. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8,838 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 10.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UMCP are China, India, and South Korea. International students at UMCP can expect to pay, on average, about $38,638 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $35,755 per year.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

$53,530 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.2% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 899 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 1.2% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Loyola Maryland are Spain, India, and China. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Loyola Maryland runs, on average, about $53,530. Graduate students pay around $18,600 a year in average tuition and fees.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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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.