RAND School of Public Policy
College or university · Santa Monica, California
- Location
- Santa Monica, California
- U.S. nonresident students, fall 2023
- 34
- Share of all students
- 26.0%
- Undergraduate / graduate
- — / 34
- Change since fall 2015
- -20.9%
International26.0%of students, fall 2023
Year by year
Data as at fall 2023
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International students, fall by fall
Students enrolled for credit who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis (IPEDS "U.S. nonresident").
U.S. nonresident students
Data table
| 2015 | 43 |
| 2016 | 38 |
| 2017 | 36 |
| 2018 | 39 |
| 2019 | 29 |
| 2020 | 25 |
| 2021 | 29 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2023 | 34 |
| Fall | All students | U.S. nonresident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 131 | 34 | 26.0% |
| 2022 | 126 | 31 | 24.6% |
| 2021 | 132 | 29 | 22.0% |
| 2020 | 123 | 25 | 20.3% |
| 2019 | 108 | 29 | 26.9% |
| 2018 | 110 | 39 | 35.5% |
| 2017 | 104 | 36 | 34.6% |
| 2016 | 106 | 38 | 35.8% |
| 2015 | 107 | 43 | 40.2% |
Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026
Undergraduate and graduate
Fall 2023.
- Graduate34
- Rank in California by international students
- 187 of 315
- Share of California's international students
- 0.0%
- Share of all U.S. international students
- 0.00%
Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026
How this school compares
RAND School of Public Policy reports 34 U.S. nonresident students in fall 2023, 26.0% of its enrolment, against 4.7% across California's colleges and 5.7% nationwide.
- Share of students from abroad, this school
- 26.0%
- Share across California
- 4.7%
- Share across the United States
- 5.7%
- Change since fall 2015, this school
- -20.9%
- Change since fall 2015, California
- -15.4%
Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026
Sponsored jobs in Santa Monica
Employers in Santa Monica filed 3,449 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 for 1,465 job titles, at a median offered wage of $137,259.
- Applications since FY2022
- 3,449
- Employers filing
- 619
- Median offered wage
- $137,259
- Software Engineer (4)135
- Software Development Engineer II96
- Senior Software Engineer74
- Software Engineer58
- Software Development Engineer I51
- Software Developer42
- Software Engineer (3)36
- Lead Software Engineer32
- Associate31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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