2021 Best Colleges in New Jersey for Students from Ghana

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 Colleges for Ghanaian Students in New Jersey ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for Ghanaian students in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

$56,010 Avg Tuition & Fees

23.2% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Princeton University the best school for Ghanaian students in New Jersey working on their bachelor’s degree. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,175 students in 2020-2021.

Around 23.2% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Princeton are China, Canada, and India.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

$33,005 Avg Tuition & Fees

11.4% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Ghanaian students in New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 8,803 students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 11.4% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Rutgers New Brunswick are China, India, and South Korea.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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.