Saturday, September 26, 2009

Which foreign countries send the most students to US colleges and universities?


Do You Know? From: karlascottspeaker.blogspot.com

Today’s topic: Which foreign countries send the greatest number of students to schools in the US?

India 94,563
China 81,127
South Korea 69,124(this surprised me)
Japan 33,974
Canada 29,051
Taiwan 29,001
Mexico 14,837
Turkey 12,030
Saudi Arabia 9,873
Thailand 9,004

The next ten in order are: Nepal (this surprised me more), Germany, Viet Nam, UK, Hong Kong, Indonesia. Brazil, France, Columbia, Nigeria

Vietnam in one year jumped from 20th to 13th place among colleges sending the most students to U.S. colleges and universities. The top 20 in the 2007-08 academic year.

2007-08 Academic Year
Source: Source: Institute of International Education

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