By RAY CLANCY, Expatforum
The number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by 8% to a record high of 886,052 in the 2013/2014 academic year, a new report shows.
The US hosts more of the world’s 4.5 million exchange students than any other country in the world (Expatforum)
It confirms that the US is one of the most popular countries in the world for international study and has seen a growth in students from Indian and China.
According to the Open Doors Report on International EducationExchange, the US hosts more of the world’s 4.5 million globally mobile college and university students than any other country in the world, with almost double the number hosted by the United Kingdom, the second leading host country.
The report also found that more American students, a total of 289,408, studied abroad for academic credit from their US colleges and universities, a rise of 2%, but this is a slightly slower rate of growth than the previous year.
The report, published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, also shows that the overall number of international students in the US has grown by 72% since 2000.
There are five times as many Chinese students on US campuses compared with in 2000 almost two and a half times as many Indian students, seven and a half times as many Vietnamese students and more than 10 times as many Saudi students.
“International education is crucial to building relationships between people and communities in the United States and around the world. It is through these relationships that together we can solve global challenges like climate change, the spread of pandemic disease, and combatting violent extremism,” said Evan Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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