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A New Policy Would Upend International Enrollments. Here Are Which Colleges Could Be Most Affected.

July 9, 2020

A fall that was already uncertain for higher education because of the coronavirus pandemic became even more unpredictable on Monday. That’s when the Trump administration announced its intent to put out a rule blocking international students from coming to or remaining in the United States if their courses are taught entirely online. Now, colleges, many of which are still deciding whether to offer classes in person or online in the fall, are scrambling to adapt, as are their international students.

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The past academic year, over a million international students attended U.S. universities, according to the Institute of International Education’s “Open Doors” report. For some institutions, these students account for 70 percent of their total student body.

The Chronicle has gathered below the institutions with the highest number of international students. While many of these institutions have announced a hybrid or in-person model for the fall, if these plans change, the loss of their international enrollment could make for a big hit to their overall enrollments.

Institutions with the highest number of international students, 2017-18

Type	Institution name	City	State	International students	Percent of enrollment
1	New York U.	New York	NY	17552	30.8%
1	U. of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	16075	32.3%
1	Northeastern U.	Boston	MA	14905	53.6%
1	Columbia U.	New York	NY	14615	44.6%
1	Arizona State U.	Tempe	AZ	13459	24.2%
1	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	IL	13445	25.4%
1	U. of California at Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	12017	25.8%
1	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	West Lafayette	IN	11044	24.2%
1	U. of California at San Diego	La Jolla	CA	9883	26.2%
1	Boston U.	Boston	MA	9742	23.5%
1	U. of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	TX	9713	31.8%
1	U. of California at Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	9331	21.1%
1	U. of Washington	Seattle	WA	8902	16.0%
1	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	University Park	PA	8636	17.1%
1	Carnegie Mellon U.	Pittsburgh	PA	8604	56.4%
1	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	8442	17.8%
1	U. of California at Irvine	Irvine	CA	7902	21.3%
1	Michigan State U.	East Lansing	MI	7624	13.8%
1	Indiana U. at Bloomington	Bloomington	IN	7343	15.7%
1	U. of California at Davis	Davis	CA	7316	18.4%
1	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis	MN	7212	11.3%
1	U. at Buffalo	Buffalo	NY	7126	20.9%
1	Ohio State U.	Columbus	OH	7110	11.0%
1	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	Madison	WI	7080	15.1%
1	Texas A&M U. at College Station	College Station	TX	6894	9.5%
1	U. of Florida	Gainesville	FL	6885	11.6%
1	U. of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	6819	23.7%
1	Cornell U.	Ithaca	NY	6775	28.7%
1	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	New Brunswick	NJ	6754	12.1%
1	U. of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	TX	6429	10.7%
1	U. of Maryland at College Park	College Park	MD	6378	14.5%
1	U. of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	6256	11.4%
1	U. of South Florida	Tampa	FL	6219	12.1%
1	Harvard U.	Cambridge	MA	6117	15.0%
1	North Carolina State U.	Raleigh	NC	6046	15.5%
1	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta	GA	6029	17.7%
1	Stony Brook U.	Stony Brook	NY	5969	19.9%
1	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	IL	5756	73.1%
1	Syracuse U.	Syracuse	NY	5734	15.2%
1	Stanford U.	Stanford	CA	5650	27.0%
2	San Jose State U.	San Jose	CA	5393	13.8%
2	U. of Central Missouri	Warrensburg	MO	4035	24.2%
2	Campbellsville U.	Campbellsville	KY	3440	28.5%
2	California State U. at Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	2936	7.1%
2	California State U. at Northridge	Northridge	CA	2882	6.5%
2	City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College	New York	NY	2799	12.5%
2	U. of Bridgeport	Bridgeport	CT	2137	32.3%
2	New York Institute of Technology	Old Westbury	NY	2032	24.8%
2	U. of Illinois at Springfield	Springfield	IL	1772	30.2%
2	California State U. at Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	1768	5.9%
2	St. Cloud State U.	Saint Cloud	MN	1742	10.0%
2	Minnesota State U. at Mankato	Mankato	MN	1614	9.2%
2	Santa Clara U.	Santa Clara	CA	1592	16.7%
2	Fairleigh Dickinson U.	Teaneck	NJ	1490	16.2%
2	Missouri State U.	Springfield	MO	1484	5.4%
2	Bentley U.	Waltham	MA	1390	23.9%
2	U. of New Haven	West Haven	CT	1340	17.4%
2	Monroe College (N.Y.)	Bronx	NY	1332	13.5%
2	California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona	Pomona	CA	1326	4.7%
2	U. of Tampa	Tampa	FL	1317	13.1%
2	Maharishi U. of Management	Fairfield	IA	1253	60.4%
2	Johnson & Wales U. (R.I.)	Providence	RI	1228	12.9%
2	Fashion Institute of Technology	New York	NY	1225	11.9%
2	California State U.-East Bay	Hayward	CA	1224	6.2%
2	U. of Michigan at Dearborn	Dearborn	MI	1161	10.7%
2	Southern New Hampshire U.	Manchester	NH	1156	0.8%
2	U. of Central Oklahoma	Edmond	OK	1148	6.1%
2	California State U. at San Bernardino	San Bernardino	CA	1117	5.0%
2	Troy U.	Troy	AL	1087	5.0%
2	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. at Daytona Beach (Fla.)	Daytona Beach	FL	1074	15.7%
2	Loyola Marymount U.	Los Angeles	CA	1053	10.0%
2	Northwest Missouri State U.	Maryville	MO	999	13.5%
2	Southeast Missouri State U.	Cape Girardeau	MO	990	7.5%
2	Western Kentucky U.	Bowling Green	KY	969	4.0%
2	Seattle U.	Seattle	WA	964	11.6%
2	Full Sail U.	Winter Park	FL	933	3.4%
2	Arkansas State U. at Jonesboro	Jonesboro	AR	922	4.8%
2	U. of Houston-Clear Lake	Houston	TX	894	8.5%
2	City College of City U. of New York	New York	NY	889	4.7%
2	Purdue U. Northwest	Hammond	IN	886	6.1%
3	Brigham Young U.-Hawaii	Laie	HI	1179	29.0%
3	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	Rexburg	ID	1164	1.5%
3	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	MA	730	28.4%
3	Calvin College	Grand Rapids	MI	503	12.3%
3	Trine U.	Angola	IN	484	10.3%
3	Smith College	Northampton	MA	437	13.4%
3	U. of Richmond	University of Richmond	VA	432	9.1%
3	Pennsylvania State U. at Erie, The Behrend College	Erie	PA	407	8.4%
3	Wesleyan U. (Conn.)	Middletown	CT	386	11.0%
3	Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	PA	381	21.9%
3	Pennsylvania State U. at Abington	Abington	PA	378	8.3%
3	Franklin & Marshall College	Lancaster	PA	378	15.2%
3	Macalester College	Saint Paul	MN	377	17.3%
3	Wellesley College	Wellesley	MA	372	13.9%
3	Drew U.	Madison	NJ	371	15.5%
3	Grinnell College	Grinnell	IA	350	19.7%
3	Colgate U.	Hamilton	NY	331	10.9%
3	Oberlin College	Oberlin	OH	322	10.8%
3	Middlebury College	Middlebury	VT	316	6.6%
3	Bard College	Annandale-On-Hudson	NY	315	12.6%
3	Dickinson College	Carlisle	PA	313	12.9%
3	Trinity College (Conn.)	Hartford	CT	308	12.5%
3	St. Olaf College	Northfield	MN	306	9.8%
3	Kendall College	Chicago	IL	293	NULL
3	La Roche U.	Pittsburgh	PA	285	16.1%
3	Bucknell U.	Lewisburg	PA	282	7.4%
3	Lafayette College	Easton	PA	275	10.4%
3	Missouri Valley College	Marshall	MO	263	13.2%
3	Barnard College	New York	NY	262	9.7%
3	Pennsylvania State U. at Altoona	Altoona	PA	259	7.0%
3	Denison U.	Granville	OH	257	10.8%
3	State U. of New York College at Purchase	Purchase	NY	250	5.2%
3	U. of South Carolina at Aiken	Aiken	SC	249	5.8%
3	Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion	Richmond	IN	249	21.1%
3	DePauw U.	Greencastle	IN	248	11.4%
3	St. Lawrence U.	Canton	NY	243	9.3%
3	College of Wooster (Ohio)	Wooster	OH	238	11.1%
3	Carleton College	Northfield	MN	235	11.1%
3	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	NY	233	9.1%
3	Williams College	Williamstown	MA	231	10.1%
3	U. of Wisconsin at Superior	Superior	WI	231	7.3%
4	Houston Community College	Houston	TX	6118	7.5%
4	Lone Star College system	The Woodlands	TX	3366	3.0%
4	Santa Monica College	Santa Monica	CA	3354	8.0%
4	De Anza College	Cupertino	CA	2718	8.8%
4	Valencia College	Orlando	FL	1901	3.1%
4	Montgomery College	Rockville	MD	1877	6.0%
4	Northern Virginia Community College	Annandale	VA	1681	2.3%
4	Miami Dade College	Miami	FL	1678	1.9%
4	Green River College	Auburn	WA	1646	14.1%
4	Foothill College	Los Altos Hills	CA	1621	5.3%
4	Seattle Central College	Seattle	WA	1436	12.0%
4	Orange Coast College	Costa Mesa	CA	1433	4.9%
4	Edmonds Community College	Lynnwood	WA	1379	10.7%
4	Diablo Valley College	Pleasant Hill	CA	1335	4.5%
4	Bellevue College	Bellevue	WA	1222	6.1%
4	Richland College	Dallas	TX	1218	3.6%
4	San Mateo County Community College	San Mateo	CA	1153	NULL
4	Santa Barbara City College	Santa Barbara	CA	1101	4.8%
4	City College of San Francisco	San Francisco	CA	1095	2.8%
4	North Lake College	Irving	TX	1034	5.4%
4	Pasadena City College	Pasadena	CA	1028	2.8%
4	Peralta Community College District	Oakland	CA	1016	NULL
4	Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	MA	1004	5.6%
4	Shoreline Community College	Shoreline	WA	975	10.3%
4	Collin College	McKinney	TX	945	2.1%
4	City U. of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College	New York	NY	798	2.2%
4	El Camino College	Torrance	CA	775	2.3%
4	Irvine Valley College	Irvine	CA	750	3.7%
4	North Seattle College	Seattle	WA	742	7.5%
4	Kapiolani Community College	Honolulu	HI	736	7.1%
4	Broward College	Fort Lauderdale	FL	727	1.2%
4	East Los Angeles College	Monterey Park	CA	697	1.2%
4	City U. of New York La Guardia Community College	Long Island City	NY	696	2.8%
4	Bergen Community College	Paramus	NJ	655	3.3%
4	Latter-Day Saints Business College	Salt Lake City	UT	635	22.1%
4	Glendale Community College (Calif.)	Glendale	CA	628	3.1%
4	Highline College	Des Moines	WA	623	6.1%
4	Portland Community College	Portland	OR	607	1.3%
4	Grossmont College	El Cajon	CA	592	2.3%
4	South Seattle College	Seattle	WA	587	5.6%
5	Academy of Art U.	San Francisco	CA	5071	34.5%
5	Savannah College of Art and Design	Savannah	GA	3519	23.4%
5	School of Visual Arts	New York	NY	2379	52.9%
5	Berklee College of Music	Boston	MA	2054	26.0%
5	Pratt Institute	Brooklyn	NY	1998	35.0%
5	New York Film Academy at Los Angeles	Burbank	CA	1388	56.5%
5	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	IL	1372	34.3%
5	Babson College	Babson Park	MA	1190	29.2%
5	MCPHS U.	Boston	MA	1069	14.2%
5	Rhode Island School of Design	Providence	RI	1031	41.3%
5	Art Center College of Design	Pasadena	CA	947	31.7%
5	California College of the Arts	San Francisco	CA	867	39.9%
5	Berkeley College at New York	New York	NY	795	13.9%
5	U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston	TX	683	10.6%
5	Lincoln U. (Calif.)	Oakland	CA	649	70.3%
5	Maryland Institute College of Art	Baltimore	MD	575	23.7%
5	Indiana Tech	Fort Wayne	IN	508	19.6%
5	Loma Linda U.	Loma Linda	CA	436	8.4%
5	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute	IN	407	17.6%
5	Musicians Institute	Hollywood	CA	401	27.8%
5	U. of Maryland at Baltimore	Baltimore	MD	326	4.4%
5	U. of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	NE	291	6.9%
5	Juilliard School	New York	NY	279	29.2%
5	Ringling College of Art and Design	Sarasota	FL	261	17.7%
5	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston	TX	258	14.8%
5	Weill Cornell Medicine	New York	NY	233	20.6%
5	The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy-Tufts University	Medford	MA	217	NULL
5	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Rapid City	SD	200	6.3%
5	Boston Architectural College	Boston	MA	183	20.9%
5	U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Dallas	TX	182	7.3%
5	U. of Massachusetts at Worcester	Worcester	MA	169	15.1%
5	Carlos Albizu U. at Miami	Miami	FL	168	15.3%
5	American Film Institute Conservatory	Los Angeles	CA	165	43.5%
5	Trinity International U.	Deerfield	IL	162	5.6%
5	Thomas Jefferson U.	Philadelphia	PA	160	1.8%
5	U. of California at San Francisco	San Francisco	CA	158	4.9%
5	U. of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth	Fort Worth	TX	157	6.5%
5	New England College of Optometry	Boston	MA	153	29.1%
5	U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	148	3.7%
5	Cleveland Institute of Music	Cleveland	OH	147	36.5%

The list of institutions and the international-enrollment numbers represent the institutions that enroll the most international students by 2018 Carnegie classification, and this data is from the Institute of International Education's "Open Doors" report for the 2017-18 academic year. The enrollment numbers represent the 2017-18 unduplicated head count enrollment from the Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or Ipeds.

Correction (July 10, 2020, 8:15 a.m.): A previous version of this article incorrectly listed Buffalo State College instead of the University of Buffalo. This table entry has been corrected.