Postsecondary total fall enrollment by state. Definition, graph and map.

DEFINITION
This is the count of all nonresident alien students enrolled in courses creditable toward a degree or other formal award; in courses that are part of a vocational or occupational program, including those enrolled in off-campus centers; and high school students taking regular college courses for credit. A nonresident alien is a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

74,870

# 2

New York:

62,487

# 3

Texas:

49,837

# 4

Florida:

30,193

# 5

Arizona:

26,782

# 6

Massachusetts:

26,557

# 7

Illinois:

24,126

# 8

Michigan:

23,130

# 9

Pennsylvania:

22,913

# 10

Ohio:

18,063

# 11

New Jersey:

15,229

# 12

Indiana:

13,331

# 13

Maryland:

13,108

# 14

Georgia:

12,509

# 15

North Carolina:

11,730

# 16

Virginia:

10,861

# 17

Oklahoma:

10,110

# 18

Missouri:

9,803

# 19

Washington:

9,587

# 20

Minnesota:

9,280

# 21

Louisiana:

7,760

# 22

Iowa:

7,311

# 23

Wisconsin:

7,186

# 24

Colorado:

6,731

# 25

District of Columbia:

6,697

# 26

Connecticut:

6,537

# 27

Alabama:

5,990

# 28

Kansas:

5,959

# 29

Utah:

5,583

# 30

Oregon:

5,479

# 31

Tennessee:

5,416

# 32

Hawaii:

5,051

# 33

Kentucky:

4,343

# 34

South Carolina:

3,488

# 35

Nebraska:

3,485

# 36

New Mexico:

3,069

# 37

Nevada:

2,641

# 38

Idaho:

2,618

# 39

Rhode Island:

2,611

# 40

Arkansas:

2,488

# 41

West Virginia:

2,337

# 42

Mississippi:

2,022

# 43

North Dakota:

1,737

# 44

New Hampshire:

1,648

# 45

Delaware:

1,383

# 46

Maine:

1,333

# 47

South Dakota:

1,150

# 48

Alaska:

916

# 49

Montana:

845

# 50

Vermont:

785

# 51

Wyoming:

502

Total:

589,607

Weighted average:

11,560.9

DEFINITION: This is the count of all nonresident alien students enrolled in courses creditable toward a degree or other formal award; in courses that are part of a vocational or occupational program, including those enrolled in off-campus centers; and high school students taking regular college courses for credit. A nonresident alien is a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Total Fall Enrollment > Nonresident Alien (most recent) by state

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