2021 Best Affordable Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Netherlands

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Value Colleges for Dutch Students in South Carolina ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for Dutch students in South Carolina. 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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Top Value Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Netherlands

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

$33,928 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.6% International Students

University of South Carolina - Columbia tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Dutch students in South Carolina. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 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. International students at UofSC can expect to pay, on average, about $33,928 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $30,160 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC

$27,394 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.2% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Coastal Carolina University is a great place for Dutch students in South Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large public school is located in Conway, South Carolina, and it awarded 1,941 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 1.2% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Coastal Carolina University are South Africa, Netherlands, and France. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Coastal Carolina University is about $27,394 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $19,836 a year in average tuition and fees.

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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.