2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Alabama for Students from Jordan

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Jordanian Students in Alabama ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Alabama to determine which were the best for Jordanian students in Alabama. 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.

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Top Value Colleges in Alabama for Students from Jordan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Troy University
Troy, AL

$18,624 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.0% International Students

Our analysis found Troy University to be the best affordable school for Jordanian students in Alabama in this year’s ranking. TROY is a fairly large public school situated in Troy, Alabama. It awarded 2,357 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 2.0% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at TROY are China, India, and Nepal. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at TROY is about $18,624 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $17,100 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

$31,986 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

8.1% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,840 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 8.1% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Auburn come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Auburn is about $31,986 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $31,986 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, 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.