2021 Best Affordable Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Ghana

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Value Colleges for Ghanaian Students in South Carolina ranking.

Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for Ghanaian students in South 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 value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

Customizing Your List

Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Top Value Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC

$17,046 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.6% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Claflin University the best affordable school for Ghanaian students in South Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 437 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 2.6% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Claflin come from such countries as Panama, Nigeria, and Mexico. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Claflin runs, on average, about $17,046. Graduate students pay around $12,035 a year in average tuition and fees.

Read full report on Claflin University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Ghanaian students in South Carolina list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 7,272 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.6% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UofSC are China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at UofSC is about $33,928 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $30,160 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

3

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

$38,550 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

Out of the 3 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large public school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 5,155 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Clemson come from such countries as India, China, and Iran. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Clemson is about $38,550 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $23,246 per year.

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

Read full report on Clemson University

View Best Affordable Colleges for International Students Nationwide >

More Rankings >

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.