2021 Best Colleges in West Virginia for Students from Malaysia

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Malaysian Students in West Virginia ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in West Virginia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Malaysian students in West Virginia. 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 West Virginia for Students from Malaysia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

$25,824 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.4% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named West Virginia University the best school for Malaysian students in West Virginia working on their bachelor’s degree. This large public school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 4,540 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 5.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at WVU come from such countries as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and China.

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2

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

$19,606 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.1% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Malaysian students in West Virginia. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,541 students in 2020-2021.

Around 2.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Marshall University come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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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.