This is the 6th consecutive year that India has sent the most students to the United States. China remains in second place, with numbers up 8% to 67,723; and the Republic of Korea, in third place, increased 6% to 62,392.
Overall, the number of international students enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States increased by 3% to a total of 582,984 in the 2006/07 academic year, according to the Open Doors report, published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This is the first significant increase in total international student enrollments since 2001-02.Among the leading fields of study for international students in the U.S., Business remains the leading field, with 18% percent of the total, closely followed by Engineering with 15%. The field which experienced the largest increase in enrollments was Intensive English, up 30% from the prior year. Life Sciences (9%), followed closely by Social Sciences (8%), Mathematics and Computer Sciences (8%), Fine & Applied Arts (5%) Health Professions (5%) are other prominent fields of study.
For the sixth consecutive year, University of Southern California enrolled the largest number of international students, with a record 7,115. Columbia University remains in second place with 5,937 international students and New York University moved up to third place this year with 5,827 international students. Rounding out the top five 2006/07 host institutions are University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (#4) and Purdue University (#5). Colleges and universities new to the top ten host institution list this year are UCLA (#8) and Harvard (#9).
International students contribute approximately $14.5 billion dollars to the U.S. economy, through their expenditure on tuition and living expenses. Department of Commerce data describe U.S higher education as the countrys fifth largest service sector export.
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This is the 6th consecutive year that India has sent the most students to the United States. China remains in second place, with numbers up 8% to 67,723; and the Republic of Korea, in third place, increased 6% to 62,392.
Overall, the number of international students enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States increased by 3% to a total of 582,984 in the 2006/07 academic year, according to the Open Doors report, published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This is the first significant increase in total international student enrollments since 2001-02.Among the leading fields of study for international students in the U.S., Business remains the leading field, with 18% percent of the total, closely followed by Engineering with 15%. The field which experienced the largest increase in enrollments was Intensive English, up 30% from the prior year. Life Sciences (9%), followed closely by Social Sciences (8%), Mathematics and Computer Sciences (8%), Fine & Applied Arts (5%) Health Professions (5%) are other prominent fields of study.
For the sixth consecutive year, University of Southern California enrolled the largest number of international students, with a record 7,115. Columbia University remains in second place with 5,937 international students and New York University moved up to third place this year with 5,827 international students. Rounding out the top five 2006/07 host institutions are University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (#4) and Purdue University (#5). Colleges and universities new to the top ten host institution list this year are UCLA (#8) and Harvard (#9).
International students contribute approximately $14.5 billion dollars to the U.S. economy, through their expenditure on tuition and living expenses. Department of Commerce data describe U.S higher education as the countrys fifth largest service sector export.
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India is the highest exporter of students to United States and the numbers are only increasing. According to Open Doors 2007 India remains the leading sending place of origin by a large margin, experiencing a 10% increase to 83,833 students in 2006-7.