UF Ranks 19th in Study Abroad, 25th in Hosting International Students (pre COVID-19 pandemic)

Dec. 4, 2020 (Gainesville FL) – The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) announced that according to the Open Doors 2020 report recently released by the Institute of International Education, the University of Florida ranked 19th in the number of students participating in Study Abroad in 2018-2019, and 25th place by institution type as a hosting institution for international students for academic year 2019-2020.

In 2018-19, the University of Florida sent 2,476 participants in study abroad programs and hosted 7,172 international students in 2019-2020.

The 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released on November 16, found that for academic year 2019-2020 the number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States decreased by 1.8% in compared to the 2018-19 academic year. The report also found that a total of 347,957 American students studied abroad for academic credit from their U.S. colleges and universities. 

Nationwide, students from China and India together account for 53 percent of the total students, while South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Canada and Mexico together account for an additional 19 percent of the total number of international students in the United States. 

At the University of Florida, the majority of international students originate from China and India, followed by South Korea, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Taiwan. The top three fields of study of international students at UF are Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, and Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

The Open Doors® report is published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. To access the Open Doors data portal, visit https://opendoorsdata.org/

To access specific data about the University of Florida international education exchanges please visit

https://internationalcenter.ufl.edu/about-ufic/open-doors