2021 Best Colleges in Massachusetts for Students from Oman

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 Omani Students in Massachusetts ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Massachusetts to determine which were the best for Omani students in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts for Students from Oman

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

$57,592 Avg Tuition & Fees

29.2% International Students

Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the best school for Omani students in Massachusetts in this year’s ranking. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 4,358 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 29.2% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Taiwan come to Northeastern to study.

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

Full Northeastern University Report

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

$59,816 Avg Tuition & Fees

24.6% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Omani students in Massachusetts. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4,788 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 24.6% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Boston U are China, India, and South Korea.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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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.