International Students In The U.S. Up Ten Percent To Nearly One Million; Highest Rate Of Growth In 35-Years; Increases Reported In 44 States

Study Abroad By American Students Picks Up Momentum

Students from India and Brazil show the largest increases; Latin America is fastest growing region

Study abroad by U.S. students up by five percent

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Institute of International Education

Nov 16, 2015, 09:30 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, finds the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by ten percent to a record high of 974,926 students in the 2014/15 academic year. This strong growth confirms that the United States remains the destination of choice in higher education. The United States hosts more of the world's 4.5 million globally mobile college and university students than any other country in the world, almost double the number hosted by the United Kingdom, the second leading host country.

The report also found the number of U.S. students studying abroad increased by five percent in 2013/14, the highest rate of growth since before the 2008 economic downturn. While study abroad by American students has more than tripled in the last two decades, reaching a new high of 304,467, still only about 10 percent of U.S. students study abroad before graduating from college. The Open Doors ^® report is published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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