International Students in U.S. Up by 8 Percent in 2008/09 to Highest Levels Ever

The total number of international students at colleges and universities in the U.S. reached an all-time high of 671,616 in the 2008/09 school year, rising 8 percent from the previous year and representing the largest percentage increase in 28 years. The Institute of International Education (IIE) reports in its annual Open Doors report that 15.4 percent of international students in the U.S. came from India, 14.6 percent from China, and 11.2 percent from South Korea. A record number of U.S. students studied abroad as well, with the UK, Italy, Spain, France, and China as the top destinations during the 2007/08 school year. More information on the Open Doors 2009 report is available at: http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/