U.S. Colleges With the Most International Students, 2008-9

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Doctoral institutions		Number of international students	% of total enrollment that is international
1.	U. of Southern California	7,482	22%
2.	New York U.	6,761	13%
3.	Columbia U.	6,685	26%
4.	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	6,570	16%
5.	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	6,136	15%
6.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	5,790	14%
7.	U. of Texas at Austin	5,703	11%
8.	U. of California at Los Angeles	5,590	15%
9.	Boston U.	5,037	16%
10.	Michigan State U.	4,757	10%
11.	Harvard U.	4,735	23%
12.	U. of Florida	4,731	9%
13.	U. of Pennsylvania	4,635	19%
14.	Ohio State U.	4,583	7%
15.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	4,565	11%
16.	Texas A&M U. at College Station	4,558	9%
17.	U. at Buffalo	4,539	17%
18.	Arizona State U. at Tempe	4,375	7%
19.	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	4,243	10%
20.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	4,120	8%

Master’s institutions		Number of international students	% of total enrollment that is international
1.	San Jose State U.	2,522	8%
2.	California State U. at Long Beach	2,508	7%
3.	San Francisco State U.	2,451	8%
4.	California State U. at Northridge	2,222	6%
5.	Rochester Institute of Technology	1,782	11%
6.	California State U. at Fullerton	1,749	5%
7.	Johnson & Wales U. (R.I.)	1,590	10%
8.	New York Institute of Technology at Old Westbury	1,524	13%
9.	California State U.-East Bay	1,379	10%
10.	St. Cloud State U.	1,350	8%
11.	Schiller International U.	1,303	118%*
12.	Fairleigh Dickinson U.	1,276	10%
13.	California State U. at Los Angeles	1,247	6%
14.	U. of Central Oklahoma	1,152	7%
15.	U. of Texas at San Antonio	1,080	4%
16.	California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona	1,074	5%
17.	Suffolk U.	1,027	11%
18.	Eastern Michigan U.	1,006	4%
19.	U. of Findlay	989	22%
20.	Montclair State U.	974	6%
* Percentage reflects graduates working in the U.S.

Baccalaureate institutions		Number of international students	% of total enrollment that is international
1.	Fashion Institute of Technology	1,090	11%
2.	Brigham Young U.-Hawaii	1,039	43%
3.	Utah Valley State College	647	2%
4.	Mount Holyoke College	468	22%
5.	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	459	3%
6.	Dickinson State U.	431	16%
7.	Calvin College	357	9%
8.	U. of Hawaii at Hilo	348	9%
9.	Middlebury College	300	11%
10.	U. of Richmond	273	10%
10.	Wesleyan U.	273	9%
12.	College of Saint Benedict	271	7%
13.	Macalester College	254	13%
14.	Northern State U.	236	8%
15.	New York City College of Technology/City U. of New York	235	2%
16.	Wellesley College	220	9%
17.	Smith College	219	8%
18.	Campbellsville U.	212	7%
19.	Willamette U.	209	8%
20.	Grinnell College	206	13%

Associate-degree institutions		Number of international students	% of total enrollment that is international
1.	Houston Community College system	5,580	9%
2.	Santa Monica College	3,147	10%
3.	De Anza College	2,595	10%
4.	Montgomery College (Md.)	2,248	9%
5.	Lone Star College system	2,174	4%
6.	Northern Virginia Community College	1,663	4%
7.	City U. of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College	1,503	8%
8.	Diablo Valley College	1,392	6%
9.	Richland College	1,258	8%
10.	City College of San Francisco	1,253	2%
11.	Foothill College	1,236	7%
12.	Miami Dade College	1,217	2%
13.	Seattle Central Community College	1,201	12%
14.	Nassau Community College	1,168	5%
15.	Pasadena City College	1,164	4%
16.	North Lake College	1,082	12%
17.	Green River Community College	1,077	11%
18.	Santa Barbara City College	1,020	5%
19.	Edmonds Community College	999	8%
20.	Bellevue Community College	972	5%

Specialized institutions		Number of international students	% of total enrollment that is international
1.	Academy of Art U.	2,835	23%
2.	Savannah College of Art and Design	1,155	12%
3.	Pratt Institute	1,064	22%
4.	School of Visual Arts	874	22%
5.	Babson College	847	24%
6.	Berkeley College New York City Campus	769	21%
7.	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	631	21%
8.	Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	510	17%
9.	Loma Linda U.	448	11%
10.	Art Center College of Design (Calif.)	430	26%
11.	U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	429	11%
12.	Thunderbird School of Global Management	361	26%
13.	Musicians Institute	315	28%
14.	Tufts U., The Fletcher School	290	52%
15.	U. of Maryland at Baltimore	278	5%
16.	Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale	259	8%
17.	Tufts U. School of Medicine	254	14%
18.	Baylor College of Medicine	235	17%
18.	Northwood U.	235	10%
20.	Franklin U.	223	3%
Note: Percentages are rounded.
Source: Institute of International Education