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 2014-2015 academic year. - Students from the top three countries of origin – China, India, and South Korea – now represent approximately 51 percent of the total enrollment of international students in the United States.
- India’s growth outpaced China’s this year, with students from India increasing by 29.4 percent to a record high of 132,888. This is the highest rate of growth for Indian students in the history of the Open Doors project, which spans back to 1954-1955. Students from China are still the largest group of international students in the United States, with more than 304,000 students enrolled in U.S. higher education.
- Student mobility between the United States and Latin America is up in both directions.
- The number of U.S. students studying abroad increased by five percent in 2013-2014, the highest rate of growth since before the 2008 economic downturn.