I’m looking for some opinions about the following list:
Texas A&M College Station
Miami University of Ohio
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Dallas - Richardson
Texas Tech University
Rice University
University of Florida
University of Utah
Brigham Young University
Clemson University
Indiana University - Bloomington
Purdue University - West Lafayette
Texas A&M University
University of Florida
University of Notre Dame
Georgetown University
Iowa State University
Auburn University
Specifically, I don’t know. But in general terms, if you pick a state flagship, you will tend to find a reasonable number of transfer and non-traditional (older) students, as well as graduate students who will be older than 18-22.
Thank you for the answer. You are definitely right about flagship universities.
(I will add the Florida International University to the list)
Adding: University of Wyoming, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Bethel University - Saint Paul
My husband was a non-traditional student at Auburn. He spent 5 years in the Navy prior to attending. He got along just fine - got to play when he wanted and had no trouble being the mature, serious student as well (finished a 5 year degree in 4 years). When we met I was a traditional student, 20 years old and he was 27. I always like more mature guys
Sorry, it cut off my last bit of info - Auburn has plenty of older grad students and the ROTC and veterans programs have many older students, some with families. I’m sure you’d find you’d fit in fine.
Thank you so much for the info about Auburn University! How was the college life in Alabama? I’m attracted to the Southern region.
Would you be going for a bachelor’s degree or a graduate (MA, MS, PHD) degree?
Do you need financial aid or are you funded?
UT Austin, Rice, UF, Purdue, Clemson, UMN-Twin Cities would all be fine for an adult and welcoming to an international - at each of these, there’s a vigorous life outside of the dorms, the campus has a lot of graduate students and families, and there are lots of people from many cultures and countries.
BYU is fine if you’re LDS (Mormon).
I would NOT recommend Bethel St Paul.
Look into UHouston, UAlabama, FSU, USF, USC-Columbia, College of Charleston, NCSU, and GMU, W&M, CNU, ODU (all in Virginia).
Yes, a bachelor’s degree (possibly a dual degree in economics and political science). I’m partially funded, but I would still need financial help. Can I ask you why not Bethel? (No, I’m not a Mormon, however it appears that BYU is a great university.) Thanks for the recommendations!
BYU is a great university but it’s very geared toward LDS students and many of the requirements would probablymake it a bit difficult for a non-LDS studet. There are many other great universities if you’re not LDS, no need to include BYU. 
Bethel is a small, unranked, evangelical college where pretty much all who apply are admitted. A far cry from the other colleges you’re considering.
You have a point about BYU and Bethel, I might take them out of my list for now. Do you know interesting universities that have the same service of Permanent Residency Petitions as Clemson University has? (By the way, sorry If I stumble with my english)
Permanent Residency petitions depts exist at all universities. They serve specifically students whose parents have moved to the state and need to be reclassified.
Since you’re 25, this doesn’t apply to you - you’d need to be an American citizen or permanent resident, and have lived/worked in the state for 12 months without taking any class, paying taxes, registering to vote, and getting that state’s driver’s license at the local DMV, to be considered a resident. Utah and Missouri are more lenient and allow college students to apply after a year of sucessfull studies. Most other states will NOT consider you if it looks like you “moved for educational reasons” (ie., to attend college) since you may well leave the state after you graduate if you have no job or family there.
Thanks for the clarification! (though I’m not 25 right now, but i’ll be 25/26 when i’ll start college)
Also adding to the list (for possible feedback): Tulane University, University of Chicago (i know it’s great for economics)
I don’t know if Chicago would be a good college or not - it’s intensely intellectual and residential.
I think I should also decide If it would be better a private university or a public university. We’ll see!
Guys, what are the best universities (excluding the Ivy League ones) in terms of financial help for international students?
Amherst, then some of the top 40 LACs, plus of course the universities that have “automatic scholarships for stats”’ and “Competitive scholarships for Stats”.
Thanks again for the tips