Where the International Students Are, State by State

By Ian Wilhelm. Among the states, California has the largest number of international students, while Massachusetts has the largest percentage of such students as part of its total enrollment. In all, 764,495 international students studied in the United States in 2011-12, making up 3.7 percent of the total student population. They and their dependents are estimated to have contributed more than $21.8-billion to the U.S. economy in that year in the form of tuition and living expenses. View Where the International Students Are, State by State in a larger map.