29% of International Students in the US are Chinese

29% of International Students in the US are Chinese
Mar 26, 2015 By eChinacities.com

The US Department of Homeland Security released a report on March 25 stating that there are currently 1.13 million foreign students in the United States. Most of the students are pursuing a college degree. This marks a 14% increase from the number of foreign students in the US last year, and a 50% increase from the number in 2010. Looking at the data from the report, it is clear that Chinese students were the largest group of international students with 331,371 people, or 29%.

The University of Southern California has the largest number of international students, totaling 12,480. Columbia University has the third most international students and New York University is ranked number 5. Public universities take large numbers of foreign student as well: Purdue University has the second most international students and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is ranked number 4. At Michigan State University, the number of foreign students specifically from China has increased by eight-fold over the span of nine years. The university now has nearly 4,000 Chinese  students.

Source: thepaper.cn

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kuriku

US Colleges banking on Chinese. Combined with immigration stats and Obama's new policies, makes you wonder who's got the upper hand--US or China? Is the US benefiting from Chinese spending, or are the Chinese benefiting by taking over US land and assets? Soon they will also be taking over study seats and jobs...

Mar 29, 2015 01:35 Report Abuse

Guest2239322

They study with the money stolen from regular chinese....

Mar 27, 2015 10:52 Report Abuse

mattharling

Indeed, grades are age-based in China, everyone passes.

Mar 27, 2015 07:12 Report Abuse

Guest2368048

What's the % who do their assignments on their own and pass exams without cheating?

Mar 26, 2015 18:49 Report Abuse

Chairman_Cow

What % of their parents aren't corrupt government officials?

Mar 26, 2015 20:52 Report Abuse