2021 Best Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Malaysia

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Malaysian Students in Kentucky ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in Kentucky, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Malaysian students in Kentucky. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall quality.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Kentucky for Students from Malaysia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

$31,608 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the best school for Malaysian students in Kentucky in this year’s ranking. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, the large public school handed out 5,377 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at UK come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Kentucky Report

2

Murray State University
Murray, KY

$18,528 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Malaysian students in Kentucky list. This medium-sized public school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 1,603 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.2% are international. Students studying at Murray State come from such countries as India, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

Full Murray 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.