KATHMANDU. The number of Nepali students in U.S. colleges and universities jumped by 18.4% in the past year, according to the 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange released on Monday.
“This increase comes after six years of decline in the number of students going to the U.S. for higher education—almost 30% decrease since 2009,” the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu said in a statement.
With 9,662 students enrolled for the academic year, Nepalis are one of the fastest growing student communities in the United States.
In addition, for the first time, the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities surpassed one million during the 2015-16 academic year—an increase of seven percent from the previous year.
U.S. universities and colleges hosted a new high of nearly 1,044,000 international students enrolled in the past year, representing five percent of the total student population.
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