2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Alabama for Students from United Arab Emirates

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Emirati Students in Alabama ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for Emirati 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.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Alabama for Students from United Arab Emirates

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

$17,012 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.6% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of South Alabama the best affordable school for Emirati students in Alabama working on their bachelor’s degree. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 2,008 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 1.6% are international. Students studying at USA come from such countries as Kuwait, India, and Saudi Arabia. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at USA runs, on average, about $17,012. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $16,652 per year.

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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. Located in Auburn, Alabama, the large public school awarded 5,840 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 8.1% are international. 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. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $31,986 per year.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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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.