2021 Best Colleges in Michigan for Students from Ecuador

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Ecuadorian Students in Michigan ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in Michigan, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Ecuadorian students in Michigan. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Michigan for Students from Ecuador

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

$55,097 Avg Tuition & Fees

13.9% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best school for Ecuadorian students in Michigan working on their bachelor’s degree. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 9,144 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 13.9% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at U-M are China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

$41,290 Avg Tuition & Fees

9.1% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9,450 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 9.1% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Michigan State come from such countries as China, South Korea, and India.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, 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.