Indian student enrollment in the United States.

Indian students in the United States over the years

Year:            Number

2001/02:       66,836
2000/01:       54,664
1999/00:       42,337

Despite the Spetember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the total number of international students in 2002 reached an all time record high of 582,996. This figure is a 6.4% increase from the previous year, and constitutes about 4% of the total student population in the country. International students contribute nearly $12 billion dollars to the U.S. economy in money spent on tuition, living expenses, and related costs. Nearly 75% of all international student funding comes from personal and family sources or other sources outside of the United States. Department of Commerce data describe U.S. higher education as the country’s fifth largest service sector export.

Figures for students from different countries show interesting trends. With a 22% increase in US enrollments by Indian students, India has surpassed China for the first time as the leading sending country. This increase can be attributed to several factors. The main reason definitely being that the Indian middle class is today larger and more affluent than ever before.

China, which had been the leading sending country for the previous three years, increased its figure from 2001 by only 6% to 63,211 (compared to a 10% increase in 2000/01). The Republic of Korea is the third-leading sender, increasing by 7% to 49,046 students, marking the third year of large increases, after decreases in the late 1990s reflecting the Asian economic crises. Japan, which had been the leading sending country from 1995/96 until 1998/99, when it was surpassed by China, showed a meager increase of 0.7% (with 46,810) and slipped to the fourth-leading country.

Ranking of International students to the United States (Top 10 countries)

Rank.  Country          Number

1.      India                 66,836
2.      China                63,211
3.      Korea               49,046
4.      Japan               46,810
5.      Taiwan             28,930
6.      Canada             26,514
7.      Mexico             12,518
8.      Turkey             12,091
9.      Indonesia          11,614
10.   Thailand            11,606

The most popular fields of study for international students in the U.S. are business and management (20%) and engineering (15%). Thirteen percent of international students are studying mathematics and computer sciences, the fastest growing major – with a 13% increase from last year, building on the previous year’s increase of 18%.

One hundred and fifty U.S. colleges and universities hosted 1,000 or more international students. In 2001/02, there were 29 campuses that hosted more than 3,000 international students each. After four years as number one, New York University has been surpassed as the leading host institution by the University of Southern California

The following is a ranking of American Universities in order of enrolled International students.

Rank    University (Number)

1.  University of Southern California (5,950)
2.  New York University (5,504)
3.  Columbia University (5,116)
4.  Purdue University Main Campus (4,695)
5.  University of Texas at Austin (4,673)
6.  Boston University (4,412)

The following is a ranking of American States in order of enrolled International students.

Rank    State (Number)       Percent increase from 2001

1.   California (78,741)                  6
2.   New York (62,053)                  7
3.   Texas (44,192)                        17
4.   Massachusetts (29,988)             2
5.   Florida (28,303)                       12
6.   Illinois (25,498)                         5

The following is a ranking of American cities in order of enrolled International students.

Rank     Metropolitan Area (Number)      

1.   New York (35,737)
2.   Los Angeles / Long Beach (28,573)
3.   Boston (24,117)
4.   Washington D.C (21,727)
5.   Chicago (16,170)
6.   Philadelphia (11,002)
7.   Houston (10,561)
8.   Dallas (9,390)
9.   San Jose (9,250)
10.  San Francisco (8,375)
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