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108 US universities where international students are 10% or more of undergraduates

At these 108 US universities, international students made up 10% or more of undergraduates in fall 2024 (universities with at least 1,000 undergraduates). A large international community usually means an international student office used to visas, arrivals and students from your part of the world.

Updated September 25, 2026

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108 of 108 universities

University	International undergrads	City	Acceptance rate	Intl fee
School of Visual Arts	48.9%	New York	92.6%	$50
The New School	34.2%	New York	63.5%	$75
Rhode Island School of Design	33.2%	Providence	18.7%	$60
Babson College	28.5%	Wellesley	17.1%	$75
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	27.9%	Chicago	77.5%	$85
University of Detroit Mercy	27.6%	Detroit	75.4%	$0
Pratt Institute	26.9%	Brooklyn	73.3%	$90
Knox College	26.8%	Galesburg	70.8%	$0
New York University (NYU)	26.2%	New York	9.2%	$85
Niagara University	25.8%	Niagara University	87.4%	$0
DePauw University	22.6%	Greencastle	57.2%	$0
University of Rochester	22.1%	Rochester	40.1%	$50
Caldwell University	22%	Caldwell	71.3%	$0
Boston University (BU)	20.9%	Boston	11.1%	$80
Columbia University	20.5%	New York	4%	$85
Grinnell College	20.5%	Grinnell	14.5%	$0
Ringling College of Art and Design	20.5%	Sarasota	69.7%	$70
Augustana College (Illinois)	20.1%	Rock Island	62.7%	$0
Lake Forest College	19.7%	Lake Forest	56.8%	$0
Mount Holyoke College	19.7%	South Hadley	36%	$0
Andrews University	19.3%	Berrien Springs	81.9%	$0
Brandeis University	19.3%	Waltham	40.5%	$80
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)	19%	Pittsburgh	11.7%	$75
Maryland Institute College of Art	19%	Baltimore	76.8%	$60
Otis College of Art and Design	18.7%	Los Angeles	81.8%	$50
Frostburg State University	18.4%	Frostburg	89.2%	$45
Illinois Institute of Technology	17.7%	Chicago	54.9%	$0
University of Chicago (UChicago)	17.7%	Chicago	4.5%	$90
Denison University	17.6%	Granville	17.4%	$0
Webster University	17.3%	Saint Louis	86.2%	$0
Franklin & Marshall College	16.9%	Lancaster	28.2%	$60
Emory University	16.7%	Atlanta	10.6%	$75
Florida Institute of Technology	16%	Melbourne	57.7%	$0
Oral Roberts University	16%	Tulsa	98.9%	$0
Dartmouth College	15.7%	Hanover	5.4%	$85
Gannon University	15.7%	Erie	74.2%	$0
Bentley University	15.4%	Waltham	45.1%	$75
Harvard University	15.2%	Cambridge	3.6%	$95
Claremont McKenna College	15%	Claremont	9.6%	$70
Macalester College	15%	Saint Paul	28.5%	$0
Emerson College	14.9%	Boston	51.3%	$0
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	14.9%	Champaign	42.4%	$75
Wichita State University	14.9%	Wichita	93.9%	$75
Drew University	14.8%	Madison	67.8%	$40
Luther College	14.8%	Decorah	71.5%	$0
Lynn University	14.8%	Boca Raton	73.5%	$0
Barnard College	14.7%	New York	8.8%	$75
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)	14.7%	Baltimore	6.4%	$70
Bard College	14.6%	Annandale-On-Hudson	52.1%	$0
Georgetown University	14.3%	Washington	12.9%	$80
College of Wooster	14.2%	Wooster	59.5%	$0
Savannah College of Art and Design	14.2%	Savannah	83%	$100
Whitman College	14.1%	Walla Walla	38.1%	$60
Calvin University	13.9%	Grand Rapids	70.9%	$35
Northeastern University	13.9%	Boston	5.2%	$75
University of Pennsylvania (Penn)	13.9%	Philadelphia	5.4%	$75
Gettysburg College	13.8%	Gettysburg	38.9%	$0
Pomona College	13.8%	Claremont	7.1%	$80
Smith College	13.8%	Northampton	21%	$0
University of Southern California (USC)	13.7%	Los Angeles	9.8%	$85
North Carolina Wesleyan University	13.6%	Rocky Mount	80.2%	$0
Brown University	13.5%	Providence	5.4%	$80
Swarthmore College	13.5%	Swarthmore	7.5%	$60
Trinity College	13.4%	Hartford	29.2%	$0
Amherst College	13.3%	Amherst	9%	$75
Bryn Mawr College	13.1%	Bryn Mawr	29.4%	$0
North Park University	13.1%	Chicago	68.5%	$0
Wellesley College	13.1%	Wellesley	14%	$0
Rice University	13%	Houston	8%	$75
Middlebury College	12.9%	Middlebury	10.7%	$0
Princeton University	12.9%	Princeton	4.6%	$85
University of Lynchburg	12.9%	Lynchburg	43%	$0
Beloit College	12.8%	Beloit	63%	$0
Dickinson College	12.8%	Carlisle	42.1%	$0
Queens University of Charlotte	12.7%	Charlotte	62.1%	$0
St. Francis College	12.5%	Brooklyn	—	$0
Tufts University	12.5%	Medford	11.5%	$75
University of Richmond	12.3%	University of Richmond	22.2%	$50
Stanford University	12.2%	Stanford	3.6%	$100
AMDA College of the Performing Arts	12%	New York	24.5%	$0
AMDA The American Musical and Dramatic Academy	12%	New York	24.5%	$0
Suffolk University	12%	Boston	82.3%	$50
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	11.7%	Boston	85.2%	$0
SUNY University at Buffalo	11.7%	Buffalo	74.2%	$50
Case Western Reserve University	11.5%	Cleveland	36.5%	$0
Northwestern University	11.4%	Evanston	7.7%	$75
The College of Idaho	11.4%	Caldwell	49.1%	$0
Trevecca Nazarene University	11.4%	Nashville	69.4%	$0
Augustana University (South Dakota)	11.2%	Sioux Falls	67.7%	$0
Colby College	11.2%	Waterville	7.1%	$0
Lawrence University	11.2%	Appleton	63.9%	$0
Vanderbilt University	11.2%	Nashville	5.9%	$50
Yale University	11.1%	New Haven	3.9%	$85
Haverford College	11%	Haverford	12.4%	$65
Barry University	10.8%	Miami	77.2%	$50
Davidson College	10.8%	Davidson	13.4%	$0
St. Lawrence University	10.8%	Canton	54.3%	$0
University of Wisconsin- Madison	10.8%	Madison	45.2%	$80
Duke University	10.6%	Durham	5.7%	$85
St. Olaf College	10.6%	Northfield	48.3%	$0
Union College	10.6%	Schenectady	43.9%	$0
University of Indianapolis	10.6%	Indianapolis	66.5%	$0
Carleton College	10.5%	Northfield	20.4%	$0
Wingate University	10.5%	Wingate	91.1%	$0
Cornell University	10.3%	Ithaca	8.8%	$85
McKendree University	10.2%	Lebanon	71.7%	$0
SUNY Stony Brook University	10.2%	Stony Brook	49%	$50
Indiana Tech	10%	Fort Wayne	70.4%	$0

Built from each university's 2026–27 requirements as published on the Common App (updated September 25, 2026). Universities can change them during the season: confirm on the official page before you apply. Acceptance rates, international enrollment and costs come from the US Department of Education (IPEDS): fall 2024 admissions and enrollment, 2024–25 published tuition and fees. Download as CSV

Questions

Which US university has the highest share of international undergraduates?

School of Visual Arts: 48.9% of its undergraduates were international students in fall 2024.

How many US universities have more than 10% international undergraduates?

108 of the US universities on the Common App with at least 1,000 undergraduates, in fall 2024.

Where does this data come from?

From the US Department of Education (IPEDS): fall 2024 enrollment, where "international" means students who aren't US citizens or permanent residents.

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