2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Illinois for Students from Jamaica

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for international students. 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 Jamaican Students in Illinois ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and overall quality.

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Top Value Colleges in Illinois for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

$50,375 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

33.9% International Students

Illinois Institute of Technology tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Jamaican students in Illinois. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 620 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 33.9% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Illinois Tech are China, India, and Spain. International students at Illinois Tech can expect to pay, on average, about $50,375 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $30,822 per year.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology Report

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

$60,768 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

16.3% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 2,722 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 16.3% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Northwestern are China, India, and South Korea. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Northwestern runs, on average, about $60,768. Graduate students pay around $56,567 a year in average tuition and fees.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Northwestern University Report

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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.