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2021 Best Colleges in California for Students from Ukraine

7 Colleges
$46,668 Avg Tuition & Fees*
64% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Ukrainian Students in California ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 7 schools in California, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Ukrainian students in California. 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 California for Students from Ukraine

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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University of California - Berkeley tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Ukrainian students in California. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10,523 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 16.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, South Korea, and India come to UC Berkeley to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Ukrainian students in California. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 5,745 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 22.5% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to USC to study.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Ukrainian students in California list. UCLA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10,102 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 13.8% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at UCLA are China, South Korea, and India.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, 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 California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 9,086 students in 2020-2021.

Around 21.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at UCSD come from such countries as China, India, 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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Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,511 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 23.9% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Stanford are China, India, and Canada.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Chapman University landed the #6 spot on the 2021 Best Colleges for Ukrainian Students in California. Chapman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Orange, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,944 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.6% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Chapman are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Ukrainian Students in California ranking. Northridge, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 9,572 students in 2020-2021.

Around 6.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as Kuwait, China, and India come to CSUN to study.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 7 schools only.

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