2021 Best Affordable Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Turkey

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Turkish Students in South Carolina ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across South Carolina to determine which were the best for Turkish 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.

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Top Value Colleges in South Carolina for Students from Turkey

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

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best affordable school for Turkish students in South Carolina in this year’s ranking. 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. 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.

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

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2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

$38,550 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large public school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 5,155 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as India, China, and Iran come to Clemson to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Clemson runs, on average, about $38,550. Graduate students pay around $23,246 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, 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.