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Rankings, admissions, costs, majors and international students for every college in the United States, from U.S. Department of Education and Homeland Security data.
1.05M international students. 30% of them study in New York, California and Texas.
- New York116,686
- California114,871
- Texas78,389
IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. News Best National Universities 2027
Colleges
5,980
In the IPEDS directory
Students
20,344,255
Fall enrollment, 2025 school year
International students
1,050,506
5.2% of students
Students in SEVIS
1,192,424
10/2026 · F and M visas
National Universities
U.S. News Best National Universities 2027
- 1 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts
- 2 Princeton UniversityNew Jersey
- 3 Harvard UniversityMassachusetts
- 4 Yale UniversityConnecticut
- =5 California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia
- =5 Stanford UniversityCalifornia
- 7 University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
- 8 Duke UniversityNorth Carolina
- =9 Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland
- =9 Northwestern UniversityIllinois
Liberal Arts Colleges
U.S. News Best Liberal Arts Colleges 2027
- 1 Williams CollegeMassachusetts
- 2 Amherst CollegeMassachusetts
- =3 Bowdoin CollegeMaine
- =3 Claremont McKenna CollegeCalifornia
- =3 Pomona CollegeCalifornia
- =3 Swarthmore CollegePennsylvania
- =3 United States Naval AcademyMaryland
- 8 Harvey Mudd CollegeCalifornia
- 9 The United States Military Academy at West PointNew York
- 10 Wellesley CollegeMassachusetts
World Universities
QS World University Rankings 2027
- 1 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- =2 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
- =2 Stanford UniversityUnited States
- 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
- 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States
- 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
- 7 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- =8 ETH ZurichSwitzerland
- =8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 10 National University of SingaporeSingapore
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International students by state
Fall enrollment of international students (IPEDS, 2025 school year). Click a state for its colleges and cities.
0–2,7032,704–5,8175,818–11,42811,429–27,43827,439–116,686
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