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International students at U.S. colleges

Index · United States

Institutions with pages
2,743
International students, fall 2023
1,019,684
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Most international students

Fall 2023.

U.S. nonresident students
  1. New York University19,373
  2. Columbia University in the City of New York13,898
  3. University of Southern California12,754
  4. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus12,661
  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign12,575
  6. Arizona State University Campus Immersion12,364
  7. Northeastern University12,146
  8. Boston University10,468
  9. Purdue University-Main Campus9,387
  10. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor8,828
  11. University of North Texas8,827
  12. University of Washington-Seattle Campus8,145
  13. Harvard University7,876
  14. University of California-San Diego7,816
  15. University of California-Berkeley7,812
  16. Johns Hopkins University7,792
  17. Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses7,772
  18. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus7,648
  19. University of Wisconsin-Madison7,625
  20. University of Pennsylvania6,887
  21. The University of Texas at Dallas6,828
  22. Cornell University6,738
  23. Carnegie Mellon University6,611
  24. University at Buffalo6,502
  25. University of California-Los Angeles6,347
Ten largest institutions, share
12.2%
Institutions with at least 1,000
228
Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026

By state

StateInstitutionsInternational students
Alabama409,128
Alaska5412
American Samoa192
Arizona3420,650
Arkansas355,547
California315116,125
Colorado4211,744
Connecticut2916,328
Delaware55,084
District of Columbia1410,122
Florida11452,738
Georgia8231,695
Guam223
Hawaii163,748
Idaho113,117
Illinois10753,752
Indiana5034,964
Iowa458,991
Kansas499,823
Kentucky3211,394
Louisiana366,729
Maine201,872
Maryland4725,635
Massachusetts9269,997
Michigan6329,325
Minnesota6214,132
Mississippi193,354
Missouri6626,707
Montana11813
Nebraska214,254
Nevada91,816
New Hampshire145,081
New Jersey6824,357
New Mexico223,103
New York218115,329
North Carolina9721,592
North Dakota142,393
Northern Mariana Islands1105
Ohio9532,373
Oklahoma447,632
Oregon376,014
Pennsylvania13445,635
Puerto Rico9326
Rhode Island134,330
South Carolina375,909
South Dakota132,069
Tennessee6210,533
Texas16376,094
U.S. Virgin Islands1119
Utah128,533
Vermont121,282
Virginia7221,415
Washington5717,986
West Virginia242,954
Wisconsin4213,613
Wyoming8796
Source: NCES, IPEDS — fall enrolment, U.S. nonresident studentsData as at 30 Jun 2026

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