A new article posted on the ICEF Monitor states that:
“The US recorded its eighth consecutive year of international enrollment growth last year, expanding 8% in 2013/14 to reach a record high of 886,052 students. Those students generated an estimated economic impact of US$27 billion and accounted for more than 340,000 American jobs as of fall 2013.
International enrollment in the US, 1953/54 to 2013/14. Source: Open Doors 2014
These are among the key findings in the 2014 Open Doors report released this week by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
All told, international students represented just over 4% of total higher education enrollment in the US in 2013/14. The US remains the leading international study destination and is host to roughly one in five of the world’s mobile higher education students.
In terms of high-level enrollment trends, the overall number of international students in the US has grown by 72% over the past 15 years, from 514,723 in 1999/2000 to 886,052 in 2013/14. An accompanying IIE news release notes,
Levels of study for international students in the US, 2002/03 to 2013/14. Source: Open Doors 2014. Note: “OPT” refers to “optional practical training”
There are five times as many Chinese students on US campuses as were reported in Open Doors 2000; almost two and a half times as many Indian students; seven and a half times as many Vietnamese students; and more than ten times as many Saudi students.”
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