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FLORIDA 7th LARGEST HOST STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; USF RETAINS NO. 1 RANK


Florida keeps its ranking as seventh in the United States for total number of international students (42,590) attending colleges in the 2022-23 academic year. That’s up 7.5 percent from 2021-22. Most students are from India (17.3 percent), China (11.6 percent), followed by Brazil (5.9 percent), and Venezuela and Colombia, both at 3.9 percent. Florida ranked No. 7 among top host states with California, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania in the lead.

Once again, 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 surpassing University of Florida in Gainesville with 7,142 students. UF came in at No. 2 with 6,203 students. Florida International University is third with 4,491 students, followed by University of Central Florida at 3,736 students and University of Miami with 2,905 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 11.5 percent to 1,057,188. It is the fastest growth rate in 40 years. Also, the number of Indian students in the U.S. in 2022-23 is up 35 percent compared to the previous year.

China sent the most students, 289,526 to the U.S., followed by India, sending 268,923, an increase of 25.4 percent from prior year. In South Asia, Nepal sent 15,090 students, Bangladesh dispatched 13,563 students and Pakistan sent 10,164 students.
Currently, the leading host institutions for international students are New York University (24,496), Northeastern University in Boston with 20,637, Columbia University (19,001), Arizona State University-Immersion campus (17,981) and University of Southern California (17,264).

For more details on the study, visit www.iie.org/opendoors

Diwali Annakut display at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir last month in Tampa.

Photo credit: BAPS




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