Which countries sent the most college students to the United States, 2017-18?
The number of international students enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States rose slightly in 2017-18.
The International Institute of Education's annual Open Doors report says that 1,094,792 students attended U.S. colleges and universities in 2017-18—a 1.5 percent increase of the 2016-17 figure of 1,078,822 students.
Topping the list is China, whose students from make up about a third of all the international students in the United States.
Here are the 10 nations with the most students attending U.S. colleges and universities in 2017-18.
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