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U.S. Study Abroad: Leading Destinations
(2008/9 - 2009/10)
In 2010, Israel ranked as the 17th most popular destination for study abroad students from American universities.
Israel also showed the highest positive percentage change of students from 2009 to 2010, growing by more than 60%.
Rank |
Destination |
2008/9 |
2009/10 |
% of Total |
% Change |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
260,327 |
270,604 |
100.0% |
3.9% |
1 |
United Kingdom |
31,342 |
32,683 |
12.1 |
4.3 % |
2 |
Italy |
27,362 |
27,940 |
10.3 |
2.1 % |
3 |
Spain |
24,169 |
25,411 |
9.4 |
5.1%
|
4 |
France |
16,910 |
17,161 |
6.3 |
1.5% |
5 |
China |
13,674 |
13,910 |
5.1 |
1.7% |
6 |
Australia |
11,140 |
9,962 |
3.7 |
-10.6% |
7 |
Germany |
8,330 |
8,551 |
3.2 |
2.7% |
8 |
Mexico |
7,320 |
7,157 |
2.6 |
-2.2% |
9 |
Ireland |
6,858 |
6,798 |
2.5 |
-0.9% |
10 |
Costa Rica |
6,363 |
6,262 |
2.3 |
-1.6% |
11 |
Japan |
5,784 |
6,166 |
2.3 |
6.6% |
12 |
Argentina |
4,705 |
4,835 |
1.8 |
2.8% |
13 |
South Africa |
4,160 |
4,313 |
1.6 |
3.7% |
14 |
India |
2,690 |
3,884 |
1.4 |
44.4% |
15 |
Greece |
3,616 |
3,700 |
1.4 |
2.3% |
16 |
Czech Republic |
3,664 |
3,409 |
1.3 |
-7.0% |
17
|
Israel
|
1,958
|
3,146
|
1.2
|
60.7%
|
18 |
Chile |
3,503 |
3,115 |
1.2 |
-11.1% |
19 |
New Zealand |
2,769 |
3,113 |
1.2 |
12.4% |
20 |
Brazil |
2,777 |
3,099 |
1.1 |
11.6% |
21 |
Ecuador |
2,859 |
2,859 |
1.1 |
3.5% |
22 |
Austria |
2,836 |
2,701 |
1.0 |
-4.8% |
23 |
Netherlands |
2,318 |
2,369 |
0.9 |
2.2% |
24 |
Peru |
2,163 |
2,316 |
0.9 |
7.1% |
25 |
Denmark |
2,244 |
2,228 |
0.8 |
-0.7% |
Source: Institute of International Education |
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