A record number of students from around the world came to the U.S. to study last year. In all, the U.S. hosted 974,926 international students in the 2014-2015 school year – a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report released today.
As in previous years, Asian nations were the top three countries of origin for U.S. international students. Chinese students alone made up 31 percent of all international students in the U.S., according to the 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, an annual survey from the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. India and South Korea rounded out the top three countries sending students to the U.S.
But the flow of international students from another region of the world stood out: Latin America and the Caribbean. READ MORE AT U.S. WORLD & NEWS REPORT
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