New York University, with more than 21,000 international students in 2019-20, once again was the U.S. higher education institution with the most international students.
The 2020 Open Doors report from the International Institute of Education found that 1,075,496 students from other nations were enrolled at colleges and universities in the United States in 2019-20. That represents a 1.8% decline in the number of international students in the United States compared with 2018-19, but international students still account for 5.5% of all students in U.S. higher education.
As it has for several years, New York University topped the list of institutions with the most international students.
Here are the 10 U.S. universities with the greatest numbers of international students:
Institution Location Number of international students
1 New York University New York NY 21,093
2 Northeastern University Boston MA 17,491
3 University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 17,309
4 Columbia University New York NY 17,145
5 University of Illinois Champaign IL 13,962
6 Arizona State University Tempe AZ 13,136
7 University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 11,447
8 University of California San Diego La Jolla CA 11,272
9 Purdue University West Lafayette IN 11,173
10 Boston University Boston MA 11,158
