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FLORIDA RANKS 7th HOST STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; INDIA SURPASSES CHINA
Florida keeps its ranking as seventh in the United States for total number of international students (44,767) attending colleges in the 2023-24 academic year. That’s up 5.1 percent from 2022-23. Most students are from India (20.6 percent), China (9.7 percent), followed by Brazil (5.8 percent), Colombia (4.2 percent) and Venezuela (3 percent). Florida ranked No. 7 among top host states with California, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania in the lead.
No Florida university made it into the top 20 national ranking for number of international students. However, University of South Florida in Tampa continues to be the leader in the Sunshine State with the highest number of international students at 7,249. UF-Gainesville came in at No. 2 with 6,396 students. Florida International University is third with 4,507 students, followed by University of Central Florida at 3,511 students and University of Miami with 2,736 students.
According to the Open Doors yearly report, published by the not-for-profit Institute of International Education, the total number of international students at U.S. universities increased by 6.6 percent to 1,126,690, an all-time high. Also, the number of Indian students in the U.S. in 2023-24 is up 23.3 percent compared to the previous year.
Surpassing China, for the first time since 2009, India sent 331,602 students, which had a decline of 4 percent to 277,398 students. In South Asia, Bangladesh sent 17,099, Nepal dispatched 16,742 students and Pakistan sent 10,988 students.
Currently, the leading host institutions for international students are New York University (27,247), Northeastern University in Boston with 21,023, Columbia University (20,321), Arizona State University-Immersion campus (18,430) and University of Southern California (17,469).
Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, France and Ireland remaining the leading host countries for U.S. students studying abroad.
Diwali Annakut display at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir last month in Tampa
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