International Admission
With approximately 1.1 million international students presently studying at American colleges and universities, there appears to be no shortage of global demand for access to the U.S. higher education system.
Undergraduates come in the largest numbers from China and India, with South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan also sending large freshman cohorts each year. We suggest checking out our blog entitled How to Apply to a U.S. College as an International Student for detailed guidance on the process itself. However, for pure international admissions data, there is no better place to go than the College Transitions Dataverse.
The table that follows provides international applicants a look at undergraduate admissions data from the more than 200 institutions who are willing to disclose such information (unfortunately, many colleges still choose not to make international admission data publicly available). Data includes 1) the the international acceptance rate, 2) total number of applicants, 3) the total number accepted, and 4) the number of accepted students who ultimately enrolled.
*Data last updated December 2023
Institution | International Students - Acceptance Rate | International Students - Applicants | International Students - Applicants Accepted | International Students - First Year Enrollment | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
210669 | Allegheny College | 20% | 838 | 164 | 2 | |
164465 | Amherst College | 2% | 5,506 | 105 | 56 | |
197869 | Appalachian State University | App State | 80% | 423 | 339 | 35 |
104151 | Arizona State University | ASU | 85% | 6,482 | 5,503 | 1,072 |
100858 | Auburn University | 9% | 1,031 | 95 | 42 | |
160977 | Bates College | 4% | 3,218 | 138 | 52 | |
238333 | Beloit College | 32% | 1,295 | 410 | 45 | |
230816 | Bennington College | 9% | 1,319 | 119 | 24 | |
164739 | Bentley University | 46% | 1,547 | 717 | 145 | |
196079 | Binghamton University | 55% | 2,036 | 1,129 | 91 | |
142115 | Boise State University | 63% | 63 | 40 | 7 | |
164924 | Boston College | BC | 17% | 4,052 | 686 | 199 |
164988 | Boston University | BU | 16% | 15,585 | 2,450 | 837 |
161004 | Bowdoin College | 3% | 2,107 | 71 | 42 | |
230038 | Brigham Young University-Provo | BYU | 64% | 6,726 | 4,317 | 3,473 |
217156 | Brown University | 3% | 9,912 | 345 | 232 | |
217165 | Bryant University | 39% | 728 | 281 | 38 | |
211291 | Bucknell University | 6% | 1,884 | 105 | 40 | |
150163 | Butler University | 29% | 413 | 119 | 17 | |
110404 | California Institute of Technology | Caltech | 1% | 4,729 | 57 | 37 |
110422 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Cal Poly | 43% | 715 | 308 | 51 |
110529 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 29% | 474 | 138 | 19 | |
110556 | California State University-Fresno | 80% | 688 | 547 | 93 | |
110565 | California State University-Fullerton | 19% | 641 | 122 | 20 | |
110583 | California State University-Long Beach | 35% | 1,308 | 460 | 77 | |
110592 | California State University-Los Angeles | 50% | 564 | 283 | 33 | |
173258 | Carleton College | 4% | 3,577 | 140 | 56 | |
211440 | Carnegie Mellon University | CMU | 9% | 6,616 | 621 | 324 |
201645 | Case Western Reserve University | 23% | 11,258 | 2,603 | 270 | |
131283 | Catholic University of America | 43% | 359 | 156 | 14 | |
230852 | Champlain College | 55% | 138 | 76 | 3 | |
165334 | Clark University | 92% | 424 | 389 | 29 | |
190044 | Clarkson University | 61% | 969 | 588 | 20 | |
217882 | Clemson University | 45% | 911 | 411 | 50 | |
190099 | Colgate University | 3% | 7,669 | 236 | 73 | |
217819 | College of Charleston | 89% | 163 | 145 | 27 | |
160959 | College of the Atlantic | 36% | 115 | 41 | 20 | |
231624 | College of William and Mary | W&M | 21% | 1,564 | 334 | 71 |
126775 | Colorado School of Mines | 44% | 471 | 208 | 22 | |
126818 | Colorado State University | CSU | 54% | 603 | 327 | 77 |
190372 | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 19% | 207 | 40 | 20 | |
153162 | Cornell College | 21% | 337 | 72 | 8 | |
190415 | Cornell University | 3% | 16,776 | 478 | 336 | |
181002 | Creighton University | 63% | 349 | 220 | 22 | |
182670 | Dartmouth College | 4% | 7,308 | 261 | 171 | |
212009 | Dickinson College | 11% | 2,290 | 255 | 73 | |
153269 | Drake University | 19% | 1,827 | 348 | 22 | |
212054 | Drexel University | 75% | 5,888 | 4,396 | 261 | |
212106 | Duquesne University | 70% | 1,008 | 704 | 28 | |
198464 | East Carolina University | ECU | 87% | 306 | 266 | 16 |
133492 | Eckerd College | 41% | 296 | 122 | 14 | |
198516 | Elon University | 63% | 553 | 350 | 34 | |
133553 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 33% | 1,113 | 369 | 102 | |
165671 | Emmanuel College | 33% | 274 | 91 | 3 | |
139658 | Emory University | 7% | 7,438 | 539 | 238 | |
129242 | Fairfield University | 8% | 528 | 43 | 19 | |
133881 | Florida Institute of Technology | 59% | 3,555 | 2,095 | 57 | |
133951 | Florida International University | FIU | 39% | 2,226 | 867 | 189 |
134079 | Florida Southern College | 53% | 838 | 443 | 24 | |
134097 | Florida State University | FSU | 8% | 4,676 | 395 | 42 |
191241 | Fordham University | 36% | 5,807 | 2,067 | 192 | |
131469 | George Washington University | GWU | 36% | 3,322 | 1,212 | 212 |
131496 | Georgetown University | 7% | 3,439 | 245 | 126 | |
139861 | Georgia College & State University | 100% | 11 | 11 | 9 | |
139755 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia Tech | 10% | 8,427 | 840 | 287 |
139940 | Georgia State University | 59% | 1,530 | 906 | 228 | |
235316 | Gonzaga University | 50% | 299 | 149 | 49 | |
162654 | Goucher College | 62% | 204 | 126 | 17 | |
212805 | Grove City College | 10% | 118 | 12 | 4 | |
191515 | Hamilton College | 2% | 3,078 | 73 | 35 | |
115409 | Harvey Mudd College | HMC | 5% | 902 | 46 | 25 |
170286 | Hillsdale College | 6% | 147 | 9 | 4 | |
191630 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25% | 950 | 235 | 37 | |
191649 | Hofstra University | 6% | 2,591 | 150 | 55 | |
170301 | Hope College | 12% | 610 | 75 | 28 | |
131520 | Howard University | HU | 66% | 1,327 | 872 | 182 |
145725 | Illinois Institute of Technology | IIT | 61% | 1,860 | 1,134 | 68 |
151351 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IUB | 74% | 4,504 | 3,338 | 508 |
153603 | Iowa State University | 67% | 2,219 | 1,478 | 151 | |
191968 | Ithaca College | 45% | 1,035 | 468 | 39 | |
162928 | Johns Hopkins University | JHU | 5% | 8,095 | 368 | 199 |
169983 | Kettering University | 38% | 269 | 102 | 7 | |
146427 | Knox College | 39% | 1,036 | 403 | 54 | |
239017 | Lawrence University | 35% | 663 | 229 | 39 | |
192323 | Le Moyne College | 56% | 553 | 310 | 10 | |
213543 | Lehigh University | 14% | 2,837 | 400 | 122 | |
159391 | Louisiana State University | LSU | 59% | 1,656 | 976 | 81 |
117946 | Loyola Marymount University | LMU | 8% | 2,579 | 194 | 188 |
146719 | Loyola University Chicago | LUC | 27% | 2,938 | 806 | 42 |
163046 | Loyola University Maryland | 15% | 509 | 78 | 3 | |
173902 | Macalester College | 9% | 2,430 | 213 | 71 | |
161299 | Maine Maritime Academy | 23% | 60 | 14 | 0 | |
192819 | Marist College | 34% | 152 | 51 | 9 | |
140447 | Mercer University | 66% | 312 | 205 | 26 | |
230959 | Middlebury College | 6% | 3,583 | 198 | 72 | |
239318 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | MSOE | 39% | 916 | 360 | 23 |
178411 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | MUST | 78% | 49 | 38 | 1 |
140553 | Morehouse College | 17% | 151 | 25 | 0 | |
214175 | Muhlenberg College | 10% | 380 | 39 | 4 | |
262129 | New College of Florida | 68% | 50 | 34 | 6 | |
185828 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | NJIT | 33% | 1,150 | 384 | 57 |
193900 | New York University | NYU | 11% | 25,002 | 2,634 | 1,555 |
167358 | Northeastern University | 6% | 15,799 | 1,011 | 278 | |
120254 | Occidental College | Oxy | 18% | 692 | 124 | 15 |
204796 | Ohio State University | OSU | 57% | 11,090 | 6,313 | 893 |
204857 | Ohio University | OU | 68% | 930 | 634 | 39 |
209542 | Oregon State University | OSU | 40% | 935 | 374 | 75 |
214777 | Pennsylvania State University | PSU; Penn State | 56% | 11,266 | 6,323 | 829 |
121257 | Pitzer College | 8% | 752 | 60 | 30 | |
194578 | Pratt Institute-Main | 50% | 2,453 | 1,222 | 231 | |
217402 | Providence College | 14% | 446 | 62 | 22 | |
243780 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 31% | 13,673 | 4,179 | 759 | |
130226 | Quinnipiac University | 69% | 809 | 555 | 35 | |
186201 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 52% | 341 | 179 | 12 | |
194824 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | RPI | 50% | 1,638 | 818 | 95 |
221351 | Rhodes College | 10% | 1,802 | 175 | 16 | |
227757 | Rice University | 5% | 6,272 | 312 | 163 | |
136950 | Rollins College | 24% | 1,582 | 377 | 50 | |
184782 | Rowan University | 56% | 1,137 | 632 | 55 | |
186371 | Rutgers University-Camden | 46% | 1,552 | 719 | 8 | |
186380 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | RU | 64% | 5,036 | 3,243 | 451 |
186399 | Rutgers University-Newark | 57% | 1,943 | 1,109 | 30 | |
231059 | Saint Michael's College | 52% | 135 | 70 | 6 | |
122409 | San Diego State University | SDSU | 59% | 1,150 | 680 | 104 |
122755 | San Jose State University | SJSU | 45% | 1,732 | 787 | 70 |
122931 | Santa Clara University | SCU | 31% | 2,059 | 636 | 121 |
195304 | Sarah Lawrence College | SLC | 26% | 562 | 146 | 15 |
236595 | Seattle University | 69% | 728 | 499 | 63 | |
195474 | Siena College | 64% | 803 | 512 | 24 | |
167783 | Simmons University | 60% | 443 | 267 | 27 | |
195526 | Skidmore College | 7% | 4,806 | 345 | 70 | |
167835 | Smith College | 8% | 2,090 | 158 | 82 | |
399911 | Soka University of America | 47% | 198 | 94 | 72 | |
228343 | Southwestern University | 11% | 804 | 86 | 12 | |
174844 | St Olaf College | 20% | 1,486 | 295 | 84 | |
163976 | St. John's College | 25% | 315 | 78 | 16 | |
245652 | St. John's College | 28% | 158 | 44 | 8 | |
163912 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | 26% | 93 | 24 | 2 | |
196176 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 61% | 211 | 129 | 4 | |
137546 | Stetson University | 93% | 403 | 374 | 42 | |
186867 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 26% | 1,409 | 366 | 29 | |
196097 | Stony Brook University | 67% | 4,034 | 2,706 | 273 | |
196167 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 56% | 182 | 102 | 6 | |
216339 | Temple University | 76% | 2,549 | 1,938 | 127 | |
228723 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 66% | 1,226 | 807 | 177 | |
228875 | Texas Christian University | TCU | 33% | 872 | 290 | 113 |
187134 | The College of New Jersey | TCNJ | 60% | 198 | 119 | 8 |
206589 | The College of Wooster | 21% | 3,000 | 640 | 89 | |
193654 | The New School | 50% | 2,627 | 1,311 | 452 | |
100751 | The University of Alabama | 29% | 2,091 | 614 | 50 | |
180489 | The University of Montana | 39% | 112 | 44 | 12 | |
137847 | The University of Tampa | 58% | 1,970 | 1,145 | 116 | |
221759 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | UTK | 49% | 554 | 274 | 53 |
228778 | The University of Texas at Austin | UT Austin | 17% | 5,054 | 873 | 362 |
228787 | The University of Texas at Dallas | UTD; UT Dallas | 84% | 1,813 | 1,528 | 212 |
221519 | The University of the South | 7% | 1,390 | 97 | 19 | |
164076 | Towson University | 71% | 350 | 250 | 36 | |
178615 | Truman State University | 47% | 1,864 | 877 | 89 | |
160755 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 8% | 2,677 | 213 | 90 | |
196866 | Union College | 18% | 2,713 | 492 | 53 | |
128328 | United States Air Force Academy | USAFA | 33% | 49 | 16 | 16 |
197036 | United States Military Academy | USMA | 22% | 79 | 17 | 16 |
196088 | University at Buffalo | 68% | 4,309 | 2,943 | 342 | |
100663 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | UAB | 35% | 644 | 223 | 31 |
104179 | University of Arizona | UA | 62% | 7,091 | 4,372 | 367 |
106397 | University of Arkansas | 15% | 916 | 135 | 33 | |
110653 | University of California-Irvine | UCI; UC Irvine | 22% | 20,100 | 4,339 | 580 |
110662 | University of California-Los Angeles | UCLA | 6% | 23,552 | 1,334 | 454 |
445188 | University of California-Merced | UC Merced | 64% | 2,314 | 1,488 | 11 |
110671 | University of California-Riverside | UCR; UC Riverside | 79% | 5,536 | 4,359 | 301 |
110680 | University of California-San Diego | UCSD; UC San Diego | 16% | 23,110 | 3,601 | 597 |
110705 | University of California-Santa Barbara | UCSB; UC Santa Barbara | 20% | 18,925 | 3,710 | 576 |
110714 | University of California-Santa Cruz | UCSC; UC Santa Cruz | 55% | 5,937 | 3,264 | 147 |
132903 | University of Central Florida | UCF | 17% | 1,494 | 249 | 78 |
201885 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 77% | 2,405 | 1,843 | 298 | |
126614 | University of Colorado Boulder | 85% | 1,953 | 1,662 | 132 | |
129020 | University of Connecticut | UConn | 66% | 4,387 | 2,907 | 378 |
224323 | University of Dallas | 27% | 372 | 99 | 5 | |
130943 | University of Delaware | UD | 59% | 2,050 | 1,207 | 78 |
127060 | University of Denver | UD | 65% | 895 | 582 | 44 |
134130 | University of Florida | UF | 17% | 5,335 | 881 | 142 |
139959 | University of Georgia | UGA | 23% | 1,395 | 321 | 52 |
225511 | University of Houston | 74% | 1,609 | 1,195 | 222 | |
142285 | University of Idaho | 44% | 3,839 | 1,690 | 167 | |
145600 | University of Illinois at Chicago | UIC | 57% | 1,753 | 1,002 | 282 |
153658 | University of Iowa | 41% | 1,824 | 751 | 55 | |
155317 | University of Kansas | KU | 94% | 466 | 439 | 121 |
157085 | University of Kentucky | UK | 97% | 519 | 506 | 74 |
157289 | University of Louisville | 31% | 382 | 118 | 32 | |
161253 | University of Maine | 73% | 765 | 558 | 42 | |
232681 | University of Mary Washington | 24% | 349 | 84 | 23 | |
163268 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | UMBC | 79% | 776 | 614 | 107 |
166629 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | UMass Amherst | 53% | 6,100 | 3,205 | 483 |
166638 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | UMass Boston | 85% | 1,293 | 1,094 | 189 |
135726 | University of Miami | UM | 15% | 6,489 | 965 | 192 |
174233 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 24% | 333 | 80 | 10 | |
174066 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | UMN | 71% | 5,103 | 3,600 | 346 |
176017 | University of Mississippi | Ole Miss | 98% | 539 | 529 | 49 |
181464 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | UNL | 35% | 895 | 310 | 72 |
183044 | University of New Hampshire | UNH | 86% | 481 | 414 | 29 |
199111 | University of North Carolina at Asheville | UNC Asheville | 48% | 46 | 22 | 14 |
199120 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNC Chapel Hill | 12% | 7,339 | 893 | 201 |
199139 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNCC; UNC Charlotte | 63% | 628 | 394 | 80 |
199148 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | UNCG; UNC Greensboro | 95% | 190 | 180 | 29 |
152080 | University of Notre Dame | UND | 9% | 3,054 | 267 | 151 |
207500 | University of Oklahoma | OU | 36% | 1,048 | 374 | 114 |
215062 | University of Pennsylvania | UPenn | 4% | 12,221 | 431 | 319 |
236328 | University of Puget Sound | 74% | 93 | 69 | 5 | |
121691 | University of Redlands | 70% | 107 | 75 | 8 | |
217484 | University of Rhode Island | URI | 74% | 336 | 248 | 0 |
233374 | University of Richmond | 8% | 3,395 | 268 | 80 | |
195030 | University of Rochester | 13% | 6,883 | 907 | 372 | |
122436 | University of San Diego | USD | 53% | 782 | 417 | 62 |
122612 | University of San Francisco | USF | 44% | 3,433 | 1,521 | 142 |
215929 | University of Scranton | 46% | 320 | 148 | 7 | |
218663 | University of South Carolina | USC | 52% | 510 | 263 | 58 |
137351 | University of South Florida | USF | 37% | 6,686 | 2,507 | 453 |
231174 | University of Vermont | UVM | 36% | 504 | 183 | 30 |
236948 | University of Washington-Seattle | UW | 51% | 7,983 | 4,054 | 1,041 |
240444 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | UW-Madison | 35% | 12,330 | 4,319 | 745 |
216524 | Ursinus College | 82% | 33 | 27 | 1 | |
216597 | Villanova University | 15% | 1,375 | 212 | 49 | |
234030 | Virginia Commonwealth University | VCU | 95% | 389 | 369 | 62 |
152673 | Wabash College | 33% | 529 | 172 | 24 | |
234207 | Washington and Lee University | W&L; WLU | 4% | 2,492 | 95 | 41 |
236939 | Washington State University | WSU | 79% | 1,066 | 840 | 60 |
179867 | Washington University in St Louis | WashU | 5% | 6,699 | 311 | 189 |
168218 | Wellesley College | 6% | 2,162 | 131 | 88 | |
168227 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 93% | 414 | 387 | 37 | |
125727 | Westmont College | 82% | 22 | 18 | 2 | |
168281 | Wheaton College | 34% | 632 | 216 | 22 | |
149781 | Wheaton College | 39% | 206 | 81 | 40 | |
237057 | Whitman College | 12% | 1,860 | 222 | 44 | |
125763 | Whittier College | 76% | 513 | 391 | 27 | |
210401 | Willamette University | 51% | 107 | 55 | 6 | |
168421 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | WPI | 53% | 1,391 | 731 | 110 |
197708 | Yeshiva University | YU | 63% | 112 | 70 | 46 |
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