The overall number of international students in the US has grown by 72 per cent since the first International Education Week briefing was held in 2000.
WASHINGTON: After three years of decline, the number of Indian students at US campuses increased by six per cent to 102,673 in the 2013-14 academic year, according to a new report on International Educational Exchange.
The number of international students at colleges and universities in the US increased by eight per cent to a record high of 886,052 students in the 2013-14 academic year, the 2014 Open Doors Report released on Monday found.
The overall number of international students in the US has grown by 72 per cent since the first International Education Week briefing was held in 2000, it noted.
There are five times as many Chinese students on US campuses as were reported in Open Doors 2000; almost two-and-a-half times as many Indian students; seven-and-a-half times as many Vietnamese students; and more than 10 times as many Saudi students.