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Interestingly, USC hosted 8,615 international students, and they came from 125 different
nationalities from all around the world (University of Southern
California, 2012). The
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the second largest hosting American college
and university, had “8,057 international students in 2011 from 115 countries” (University
of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 2012, “International Programs and Studies”).
According to IIE, the numbers of international students in the three campuses were as
follows: NYU had 7,988 international students; Purdue University had 7,562
international students; and Columbia University had 7,297 international students (IIE,
2012).
As
illustrated above, these top five hosting American colleges and universities
have the majority of international students attending there, and they may enjoy taking
classes and having a great time with a variety of international
students from many
different regions and countries. Therefore, this factor may cause Korean students to want
to come to the U.S. higher education institutions, meet a
diversity of international
students and American students, and have intercultural environments and experiences
through all U.S. higher education institutions. Especially, those five popular hosting U.S.
colleges and universities are good examples of the reason Korean
students are coming to
the United States.
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