2021 Best Colleges in Kansas for Students from Ghana

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Ghanaian Students in Kansas ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Kansas to determine which were the best for Ghanaian students in Kansas. 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 Kansas for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

$28,034 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.6% International Students

Our analysis found University of Kansas to be the best school for Ghanaian students in Kansas in this year’s ranking. University of Kansas is a large public school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 4,600 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 6.6% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to KU to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kansas Report

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

$26,491 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.6% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Ghanaian students in Kansas. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, the large public school awarded 3,967 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.6% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at K -State are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Kansas State University Report

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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.