Top U.S. Universities by Percentage of International Students

Top 30 U.S. Universities by Percentage of International Students

Based on full-time undergraduate and graduate enrollment, Fall 2023

Rank	University	Total Students	% International
1	Illinois Tech	6,571	51%
2	Carnegie Mellon	14,517	44%
3	Stevens Tech	7,461	42%
4	Northeastern	29,738	40%
5	New School	8,725	40%
6	Columbia	28,756	40%
7	Johns Hopkins	16,830	39%
8	New York University	49,847	37%
9	Clark	3,830	34%
10	Rochester	10,109	33%
11	Caltech	2,463	32%
12	University of Chicago	16,499	31%
13	Boston University	29,104	30%
14	M.I.T.	11,706	30%
15	Harvard	20,807	28%
16	USC	41,648	28%
17	Washington University	14,282	28%
18	University of Penn.	23,948	27%
19	Brandeis	4,873	27%
20	Rice	7,972	26%
21	Cornell	25,334	26%
22	Duke	16,557	25%
23	Stanford	17,212	24%
24	Saint Louis University	12,904	24%
25	Princeton	8,849	24%
26	Yale	14,854	24%
27	Northwestern	19,451	24%
28	University of Illinois	47,118	23%
29	Georgia Tech	25,178	23%
30	UT Dallas	25,108	23%

Note: Data sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS) and covers full-time enrollment for Fall 2023 at selective four-year U.S. institutions.

This chart displays the 30 U.S. colleges and universities with the highest percentage of international students, based on full-time undergraduate and graduate enrollment in Fall 2023. Each bar is labeled with both the percentage of international students and the institution’s total student population.