These 20 schools have the most foreign students enrolled.Melia Robinson/BI
The number of foreign students in the US was up 7.1% from last year with 1,043,839 students total, and international students now make up 5.2% of all higher education students in the US.
And there are some schools that attract more foreign students than the rest.
Take a look below to see the 20 American colleges with the most foreign students enrolled:
20. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities — 7,037 foreign students
Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the school has a total of 50,678 students.
19. Carnegie Mellon University — 7,051 foreign students
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the school has a total of 13,648 students.
18. Ohio State University - Columbus — 7,117 foreign students
Located in Columbus, Ohio, the school has a total of 58,663 students.
17. Indiana University - Bloomington — 7,159 foreign students
Located in Bloomington, Indiana, the school has a total of 48,514 students.
16. University of California - Berkeley — 7,313 foreign students
Located in Berkeley, California, the school has a total of 38,204 students.
15. University of California - San Diego — 7,556 foreign students
Located in La Jolla, California, the school has a total of 32,096 students.
14. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor — 7,630 foreign students
Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the school has a total of 43,651 students.
13. Penn State University - University Park — 8,084 foreign students
Located in University Park, Pennsylvania, the school has a total of 47,307 students.
12. University of Texas - Dallas — 8,145 foreign students
Located in Richardson, Texas, the school has a total of 24,554 students.
11. Michigan State University — 8,256 foreign students
Located in East Lansing, Michigan, the school has a total of 50,543 students.
10. University of Washington — 8,259 foreign students
Located in Seattle, Washington, the school has a total of 45,408 students.
9. Boston University — 8,455 foreign students
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the school has a total of 32,158 students.
8. Purdue University - West Lafayette — 10,563 foreign students
Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, the school has a total of 39,409 students.
7. University of California - Los Angeles — 11,513 foreign students
Located in Los Angeles, California, the school has a total of 43,301 students.
6. Northeastern University - Boston — 11,702 foreign students
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the school has a total of 19,940 students.
5. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign — 12,085 foreign students
Located in Champaign, Illinois, the school has a total of 45,842 students.
4. Columbia University — 12,740 foreign students
Located in New York, New York, the school has a total of 26,086 students.
3. Arizona State University - Tempe — 12,751 foreign students
Located in Tempe, Arizona, the school has a total of 51,984 students.
2. University of Southern California — 13,340 foreign students
Located in Los Angeles, California, the school has a total of 43,401 students.
1. New York University — 15,543 foreign students
Located in New York, New York, the school has a total of 50,027 students.
