Highlights: OPEN DOORS 2013: REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

HIGHLIGHTS:

OPEN DOORS 2013: REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ON U.S. CAMPUSES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGH 

• The number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by 7 percent to a record high of 819,644 in the 2012/13 academic year. 
• This 2012/13 data marks the seventh consecutive year that Open Doors reported expansion in the total number of international students in U.S. higher education; there are 40 percent more international students studying at U.S. colleges and universities than there were a decade ago. 
• New enrollments in fall of 2012 were up 10 percent from the prior year.
• Chinese student enrollments increased by 21 percent in total and by 26 percent at the undergraduate level.
• Top 5 countries of origin: China, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada. 
• The state of California hosted more than 100,000 international students for the second time this year, followed by New York, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois.

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