2021 Best Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Malaysia

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Malaysian Students in North Carolina ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 4 schools in North Carolina, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Malaysian students in North Carolina. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Colleges in North Carolina for Students from Malaysia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

$60,244 Avg Tuition & Fees

18.3% International Students

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for Malaysian students in North Carolina in this year’s ranking. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 2,319 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 18.3% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Duke are China, India, and South Korea.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

$29,916 Avg Tuition & Fees

9.1% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means North Carolina State University is a great place for Malaysian students in North Carolina working on their bachelor’s degree. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,377 students in 2020-2021.

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

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

$36,891 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.1% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Malaysian students in North Carolina. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the large public school handed out 6,496 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 6.1% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UNC Chapel Hill come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

$20,622 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #4 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Malaysian students in North Carolina list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large public school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 6,358 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.2% are international. Students from as far away as India, China, and Saudi Arabia come to UNC Charlotte to study.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 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.