US international student intake reaches record high

By Chris Parr. The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report. Some 819,644 foreign students were enrolled in US colleges and universities in the 2012-13 academic year, an increase of 7 per cent on the previous 12 months, figures from the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange show. It is the seventh consecutive year that the report has recorded an expansion in the number of US-based international students, and there are now 40 per cent more than in 2003. International students’ spending contributed approximately $24 billion (£15 billion) to the US economy, the report says. More...