As of 2003/2004
The total number of international students enrolled in US Colleges was 572,509.
Some more statistics from the Open Doors 2004 Survey:
India is the leading place of origin for international students
(79,736, up 7%), followed by #2 China (61,765, down 5%), #3 Korea
(52,484, up 2%), #4 Japan (40,835, down 11%), #5 Canada (27,017, up
2%), #6 Taiwan (26,178, down 7%), #7 Mexico (13,329, up 4%), #8 Turkey
(11,398, down 2%), #9 Thailand (8,937, down 11%), #10 Indonesia
(8,880, down 15%), #11 Germany (8,745, down 6%), #12 United Kingdom
(8,439, up 1%), #13, Brazil (7,799, down 7%), #14 Colombia (7,533,
down 3%), #15 Kenya (7,381, down 6%).
Asian students comprise over half (57%) of all international
enrollments, followed by students from Europe (13%), Latin America
(12%), Africa (7%), the Middle East (6%), North America (5%) and
Oceania (1%).
University of Southern California hosts the largest number of
international students: For the third consecutive year, the University
of Southern California was the leading host institution (6,647, with
an increase of 377 international students from the previous year).
Columbia University's foreign enrollment (5,362, an increase of 214)
was the second largest, followed by Purdue University Main Campus
(5,094), New York University (5,070), University of Texas at Austin
(4,827), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (4,769).
In 2003/04, one hundred and forty three U.S. colleges and universities
hosted 1,000 or more international students - with 27 of these
campuses hosting more than 3,000 international students each.
California is the leading host state for international students (down
4% to 77,186), followed by New York (down 1% to 63,313), Texas (down
1% to 45,150), Massachusetts (down 5% to 28,634), and Florida (down 5%
to 25,861). Of the 20 leading hosting states, increases in foreign
enrollments were seen only in Ohio (up .5% to 18,770), Indiana (0.4%,
to 13,586), Minnesota (up 2% to 9,142), and North Carolina (up 3% to
8,826).
New York City has more international students than any other
metropolitan area in the nation, with 52,424 total. The Los Angeles
area hosts the second highest number of foreign students (35,062)
followed by Boston (24,266), Washington DC (19,552), Chicago (16,061),
San Francisco (13,460), Dallas-Ft. Worth (13,448), Philadelphia
(12,593), Miami (11,900) and Houston (9,778).
The most popular fields of study for international students in the
U.S. are business and management (19%), engineering (17%) and
mathematics and computer sciences (12%). After two years of very large
growth, the number of international students studying mathematics and
computer sciences has declined 6% in each of the past two years. The
Social Sciences (10%) and Physical and Life Sciences (8%) have seen
increased growth of 18% and 2% respectively.
Funds from home: International students contribute approximately $12
billion dollars to the U.S. economy, through their expenditure on
tuition and living expenses. Department of Commerce data describe U.S.
higher education as the country's fifth largest service sector export,
as these students bring money into the national economy and provide
revenue to their host states for living expenses, including
room/board, books and supplies, transportation, health insurance,
support for accompanying family members, and other miscellaneous
items. 67% of all international students receive the majority of their
funds from family and personal sources, and, when other sources of
funding from their home countries, including assistance from their
home country governments or universities, are added in, a total of
nearly 75% of all international student funding comes from sources
outside of the United States.
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