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2021 Best Colleges in Pennsylvania for Students from Peru

6 Colleges
$39,723 Avg Tuition & Fees*
60% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Peruvian Students in Pennsylvania ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 6 schools in Pennsylvania, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Peruvian students in Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania for Students from Peru

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best school for Peruvian students in Pennsylvania in this year’s ranking. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,953 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

International students make up 37.1% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Carnegie Mellon are China, India, and South Korea.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3,499 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 19.5% are international. Students studying at UPenn come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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A rank of #3 on our list means Pennsylvania State University - University Park is a great place for Peruvian students in Pennsylvania working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in University Park, Pennsylvania, the large public school handed out 16,675 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 10.3% of the total student body at the school.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large public school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 5,522 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 8.4% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Pitt are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 in this year’s ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 3,440 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 9.4% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Vietnam come to Drexel to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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With a ranking of #6, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Peruvian Students in Pennsylvania.

Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to Penn State Harrisburg to study.

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*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 6 schools only.

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