More international students enroll in US colleges
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Campuses across the United States are getting more diverse with record growth in the number of international students who call U.S. colleges home.
There is a five percent college enrollment increase in the 2010-11 academic year with the help of international students, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. State Department and the not-for-profit Institute of International Education. The nearly 724,000 international students attending U.S. colleges and universities represent the fifth straight year of record growth, according to the report.
Chinese student enrollment increased the most with a 22 percent growth from the previous year and a 43 percent growth among undergraduates. Students who hail from China represent about one-fourth of all international students in the U.S.
Students from India account for 14 percent of international students in the U.S. and students from South Korea account for 10 percent.
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