2021 Best Colleges in Missouri for Students from Sri Lanka

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Sri Lankan Students in Missouri ranking - to help you make that decision.

After analyzing 4 schools in Missouri, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Sri Lankan students in Missouri. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Missouri for Students from Sri Lanka

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

$30,450 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.2% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best school for Sri Lankan students in Missouri working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 5,114 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.2% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Mizzou 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 89%.

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2

Truman State University
Kirksville, MO

$16,410 Avg Tuition & Fees

6.2% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truman State University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Truman State is a public institution located in Kirksville, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1,154 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 6.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Truman State come from such countries as China, Nepal, and Vietnam.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO

$15,285 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.8% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,830 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 4.8% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Southeast Missouri State University are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

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4

Webster University
Saint Louis, MO

$28,700 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Webster University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Sri Lankan students in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 748 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 2.2% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Uzbekistan come to Webster 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.