Colleges with the most international students

Ranking · United States

Entries: 100
Top entry: New York University

Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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Top 25

U.S. nonresident students

New York University19,373
Columbia University in the City of New York13,898
University of Southern California12,754
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus12,661
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign12,575
Arizona State University Campus Immersion12,364
Northeastern University12,146
Boston University10,468
Purdue University-Main Campus9,387
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor8,828
University of North Texas8,827
University of Washington-Seattle Campus8,145
Harvard University7,876
University of California-San Diego7,816
University of California-Berkeley7,812
Johns Hopkins University7,792
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses7,772
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus7,648
University of Wisconsin-Madison7,625
University of Pennsylvania6,887
The University of Texas at Dallas6,828
Cornell University6,738
Carnegie Mellon University6,611
University at Buffalo6,502
University of California-Los Angeles6,347

Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026

Top 100

#	Institution	International students	State
1	New York University	19,373	NY
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	13,898	NY
3	University of Southern California	12,754	CA
4	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	12,661	GA
5	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	12,575	IL
6	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	12,364	AZ
7	Northeastern University	12,146	MA
8	Boston University	10,468	MA
9	Purdue University-Main Campus	9,387	IN
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	8,828	MI
11	University of North Texas	8,827	TX
12	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	8,145	WA
13	Harvard University	7,876	MA
14	University of California-San Diego	7,816	CA
15	University of California-Berkeley	7,812	CA
16	Johns Hopkins University	7,792	MD
17	Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses	7,772	IN
18	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	7,648	PA
19	University of Wisconsin-Madison	7,625	WI
20	University of Pennsylvania	6,887	PA
21	The University of Texas at Dallas	6,828	TX
22	Cornell University	6,738	NY
23	Carnegie Mellon University	6,611	PA
24	University at Buffalo	6,502	NY
25	University of California-Los Angeles	6,347	CA
26	University of California-Davis	5,982	CA
27	Ohio State University-Main Campus	5,894	OH
28	The University of Texas at Arlington	5,751	TX
29	University of California-Irvine	5,699	CA
30	University of South Florida	5,696	FL
31	University of Chicago	5,629	IL
32	Texas A&M University-College Station	5,498	TX
33	Indiana University-Bloomington	5,246	IN
34	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	5,231	MN
35	The University of Texas at Austin	5,082	TX
36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	4,996	NJ
37	University of Florida	4,974	FL
38	Northwestern University	4,948	IL
39	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	4,830	OH
40	Florida International University	4,766	FL
41	University of Houston	4,718	TX
42	University of Maryland-College Park	4,714	MD
43	Stanford University	4,636	CA
44	Washington University in St Louis	4,528	MO
45	Michigan State University	4,478	MI
46	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	4,457	MA
47	Campbellsville University	4,408	KY
48	Illinois Institute of Technology	4,381	IL
49	Duke University	4,353	NC
50	George Mason University	4,307	VA
51	Houston Community College	4,200	TX
52	University of Illinois Chicago	4,196	IL
53	Syracuse University	4,163	NY
54	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	4,011	VA
55	University of Central Missouri	3,846	MO
56	Savannah College of Art and Design	3,833	GA
57	University of Rochester	3,801	NY
58	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	3,787	NC
59	Westcliff University	3,756	CA
60	University of New Haven	3,682	CT
61	George Washington University	3,668	DC
62	The New School	3,663	NY
63	University of Arizona	3,644	AZ
64	Northeastern University Professional Programs	3,644	MA
65	Yale University	3,564	CT
66	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3,505	MA
67	Georgetown University	3,477	DC
68	Stony Brook University	3,434	NY
69	University of Connecticut	3,402	CT
70	Broward College	3,369	FL
71	Wichita State University	3,285	KS
72	University of Utah	3,261	UT
73	University of California-Santa Barbara	3,250	CA
74	University of Colorado Boulder	3,250	CO
75	Stevens Institute of Technology	3,225	NJ
76	University of Central Florida	3,196	FL
77	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	3,168	PA
78	Saint Louis University	3,165	MO
79	Pace University	3,053	NY
80	Texas Tech University	2,956	TX
81	Miami Dade College	2,947	FL
82	Georgia State University	2,874	GA
83	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	2,866	IN
84	University of Delaware	2,829	DE
85	San Jose State University	2,821	CA
86	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	2,770	PA
87	Iowa State University	2,718	IA
88	Emory University	2,690	GA
89	Valencia College	2,671	FL
90	Webster University	2,611	MO
91	Berklee College of Music	2,591	MA
92	New Jersey Institute of Technology	2,568	NJ
93	Lone Star College System	2,551	TX
94	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	2,515	MD
95	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2,497	NC
96	University of Virginia-Main Campus	2,447	VA
97	Florida State University	2,400	FL
98	University of California-Riverside	2,398	CA
99	DePaul University	2,386	IL
100	Drexel University	2,371	PA

Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026

How this is counted

Institutions ranked by students enrolled in fall 2023 who are U.S. nonresidents (in the United States on a visa or temporary basis), from IPEDS.

Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026

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