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

unitID	Institution	TAG	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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