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International Students Make Up More Than 10% of Undergraduates at Half of Leading Colleges

30 of 58 schools reported double-digit international enrollment in 2024–25; long-term trends split in both directions

September 6, 2026

In 2024–25, 34 of the 67 schools in this dataset reported international students making up at least 10% of their undergraduate population. Across 48 schools with data at both endpoints, the median share rose from 9.9% to 11.1%, while individual school changes went in both directions.

26.2%
New York University international share
34/67
schools at 10% or higher
17
schools down more than 0.5 pp

34 of 67 Schools Reported Double-Digit International Enrollment

2024-2025 · 15 highest shares shown; international undergraduates as a share of all undergraduates

NYU26.2%
Carnegie Mellon23.3%
Rochester22.1%
Boston U.20.9%
Brandeis University19.3%
Chicago17.7%
Emory16.7%
Columbia16.3%
Dartmouth15.5%
Harvard15.0%
Claremont McKenna College15.0%
UIUC14.9%
Georgetown14.3%
Caltech14.1%
Johns Hopkins13.6%

Share is calculated as CDS-reported international undergraduates divided by total undergraduate enrollment.

Median Share Rose from 9.9% to 11.1%

2016-2017 to 2024-2025 · median across the same 48-school panel

The panel includes schools with data in both endpoint years; one school is missing in 2022–23.

Key findings

  • 34 of 67 schools had international undergraduates equal to at least 10% of their undergraduate population in 2024-2025.
  • NYU reported 7,611 international undergraduates, equal to 26.2% of its undergraduate population.
  • Carnegie Mellon, Rochester, and Boston University reported international shares of 23.3%, 22.1%, and 20.9%, respectively.
  • Florida, Maryland, and UT Austin each reported international shares below 5% in 2024-2025.
  • Among 48 schools with data in both 2016-2017 and 2024-2025, the median international share was 9.9% in 2016-2017 and 11.1% in 2024-2025.
  • 25 schools gained more than half a percentage point, 17 declined by more than half a point, and 6 were essentially flat.
  • UC San Diego, Purdue, Northeastern, and Miami each recorded declines of roughly six to seven percentage points over the period.
  • The comparison uses all undergraduate enrollment, not the international share of the entering class.

25 Schools Gained Share; 17 Declined

2016-2017 → 2024-2025 · selected schools shown · percentage-point change

UC San Diego-7.2 pp
19.4% → 12.1%
Purdue University-7.2 pp
17.1% → 9.9%
Northeastern-6.5 pp
19.6% → 13.1%
Miami-6.1 pp
13.6% → 7.6%
UNC Chapel Hill+3.9 pp
2.5% → 6.4%
Vanderbilt+4.0 pp
7.1% → 11.2%
Caltech+5.0 pp
9.1% → 14.1%
Dartmouth+6.6 pp
8.9% → 15.5%

Positive examples are shown in blue; negative examples are shown in red. Changes are calculated from the same school’s undergraduate enrollment in each endpoint year.

Sources and methodology

Source: CollegeStatistics.org analysis of institution-published Common Data Set records. The chart uses 2024–25, the latest year available for most schools; 2025–26 data is currently available for only eight schools. International students are the CDS-reported international/nonresident category divided by undergraduate enrollment.