根据美国国土安全部3月25日发布的报告,美国现有113万外国学生,大多数在修读大学学位。这一数据相比去年增加了14%;比2010年增加了50%;与2005年的外国学生数量相比大增85%。细看今年的数据,中国学生占据了国际学生的最大份额——331371人,或者说29%。在密歇根州立大学,短短9年间,来自中国的本科生数量增长了8倍,达近4000人。
The US Department of Homeland Security released a report
on March 25 stating that there are currently 1.13 million foreign students in the United States. Most of the students are pursuing a college degree. This marks a 14% increase from the number of foreign students in the US last year, and a 50% increase from the number in 2010. Looking at the data from the report, it is clear that Chinese students were the largest group of international students with 331,371 people, or 29%.At Michigan State University, the number of foreign students specifically from China has increased by eight-fold over the span of nine years. The university now has nearly 4,000 Chinese students.