Of the 40 top doctoral institutions sending students to study abroad for academic credit in the 2014-15 academic year, 13 were in the South, 11 in the Midwest, nine in the West, and seven in the Northeast. The state with the highest number of doctoral institutions on the list was California, with five.
Doctoral institutions
| 1. | New York U. | 4,310 |
| 2. | Texas A&M U. at College Station | 3,219 |
| 3. | U. of Texas at Austin | 2,948 |
| 4. | U. of Southern California | 2,891 |
| 5. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 2,714 |
| 6. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 2,705 |
| 7. | Michigan State U. | 2,668 |
| 8. | Ohio State U. | 2,603 |
| 9. | San Diego State U. | 2,422 |
| 10. | Indiana U. at Bloomington | 2,395 |
| 11. | U. of Florida | 2,286 |
| 12. | Florida State U. | 2,262 |
| 13. | U. of Georgia | 2,237 |
| 14. | U. of California at Los Angeles | 2,204 |
| 15. | U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2,193 |
| 16. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 2,152 |
| 17. | Northeastern U. | 2,149 |
| 18. | Arizona State U. at Tempe | 2,102 |
| 19. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2,068 |
| 20. | U. of Washington | 2,056 |
| 21. | Boston U. | 2,049 |
| 22. | Miami U. (Ohio) | 2,046 |
| 23. | U. of Pennsylvania | 1,953 |
| 24. | Purdue U. at West Lafayette | 1,917 |
| 25. | U. of Virginia | 1,915 |
| 26. | Pennsylvania State U. at University Park
| 1,889 |
| 27. | U. of Maryland at College Park | 1,879 |
| 28. | George Washington U. | 1,870 |
| 29. | Brigham Young U. | 1,713 |
| 30. | U. of South Carolina at Columbia | 1,698 |
| 31. | U. of California at Berkeley | 1,688 |
| 32. | Cornell U. | 1,670 |
| 33. | U. of Pittsburgh | 1,595 |
| 34. | U. of Colorado at Boulder | 1,592 |
| 35. | Georgetown U. | 1,589 |
| 36. | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1,509 |
| 37. | U. of Cincinnati | 1,501 |
| 38. | American U. | 1,494 |
| 39. | U. of California at Davis | 1,454 |
| 40. | Iowa State U. | 1,449 |
Master’s institutions
| 1. | Elon U. | 1,434 |
| 2. | James Madison U. | 1,161 |
| 3. | Appalachian State U. | 970 |
| 4. | College of Charleston | 948 |
| 5. | Arcadia U. | 939 |
| 6. | U. of North Carolina at Wilmington | 897 |
| 7. | California State U. at Long Beach | 829 |
| 8. | California Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo
| 782 |
| 9. | Belmont U. | 678 |
| 10. | Grand Valley State U. | 658 |
| 11. | Chapman U. | 650 |
| 12. | Loyola Marymount U. | 639 |
| 13. | Loyola U. Maryland | 603 |
| 14. | Hamline U. | 594 |
| 15. | Gonzaga U. | 591 |
| 16. | Marist College | 586 |
| 17. | U. of North Florida | 578 |
| 18. | Lee U. | 549 |
| 19. | Fairfield U. | 544 |
| 20. | Western Kentucky U. | 533 |
Baccalaureate institutions
| 1. | St. Olaf College | 653 |
| 2. | U. of Richmond | 577 |
| 3. | Calvin College | 524 |
| 3. | College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s U. (Minn.)
| 524 |
| 5. | Oberlin College | 492 |
| 6. | DePauw U. | 491 |
| 7. | Luther College | 449 |
| 8. | Taylor U. | 443 |
| 9. | Colgate U. | 441 |
| 10. | Bucknell U. | 433 |
| 11. | Susquehanna U. | 425 |
| 12. | Colorado College | 417 |
| 13. | Eckerd College | 396 |
| 14. | St. Lawrence U. | 392 |
| 15. | Centre College | 379 |
| 16. | Colby College | 374 |
| 17. | Wellesley College | 373 |
| 18. | Carleton College | 369 |
| 18. | Lafayette College | 369 |
| 18. | Middlebury College | 369 |
Associate institutions
| 1. | Tarrant County College | 246 |
| 2. | College of DuPage | 228 |
| 3. | Pellissippi State Community College | 204 |
| 4. | Kirkwood Community College | 161 |
| 5. | Santa Barbara City College | 147 |
| 6. | Riverside Community College District
| 142 |
| 7. | Miami Dade College | 138 |
| 8. | Glendale Community College | 127 |
| 9. | Orange Coast College | 125 |
| 10. | Valencia College | 118 |
Special-focus institutions
| 1. | Pratt Institute | 500 |
| 2. | Savannah College of Art and Design | 488 |
| 3. | Babson College | 345 |
| 4. | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 208 |
| 5. | Rhode Island School of Design | 192 |
| 6. | Middlebury Language Schools | 140 |
| 7. | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 115 |
| 8. | Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago
| 102 |
| 9. | Otis College of Art and Design | 101 |
| 10. | Maryland Institute College of Art | 91 |
Note: Tied institutions are listed alphabetically. Classifications are based on the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Source: Institute of International Education, Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, 2016</p>
