Just days after a research group ranked UC San Diego as #4 nationally in terms of the percentage of international undergraduates majoring in computer science, another ranking looks at the overall influence of international students on U.S. campuses. U.S. News and World Report surveyed 1,800 colleges and universities for its 2015 ranking of undergraduate programs, and the information on international students it is now publishing came from the institutions themselves for the 2014-2015 academic year.
U.S. News reports that 19.9 percent of undergraduate students in all majors at UC San Diego are from overseas -- putting the university at #7 on the list of the Top 10 campuses serving international students (who pay out-of-state tuition and fees that are nearly triple the tuition/fees paid by in-state students). The Florida Institute of Technology topped the list at #1, with international students accounting for 32.9 percent of all Florida Tech undergraduates. But among the Top 10, UC San Diego represents by far the biggest cohort of international students (because most other universities making the list are much smaller). The 19.9 percent rate means that nearly 5,000 international students are studying (and paying out-of-state fees) at UC San Diego. The second-largest international contingent is at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, whose international student body of 2,580 undergrads is approximately half the size of UC San Diego's, and it ranked #9 on the U.S. News list.
Learn more about the U.S. News list of universities attracting the most international students.