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Nearly 820,000 international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2012-13 year, compared with 283,332 U.S. students studying abroad, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.org\/Who-We-Are\/News-and-Events\/Press-Center\/Press-Releases\/2013\/2013-11-11-Open-Doors-Data\">a new report<\/a> from the Institute of International Education, a New York-based nonprofit that manages dozens of study-abroad programs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both figures represent record highs, according to the institute&#8217;s 2013 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.org\/Research-and-Publications\/Open-Doors\/Data\">Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange<\/a>.&#8221; In the last academic year, 55,149 more international students were studying in the U.S. than in 2011-12, a 7.2% increase. Over that same period, the number of American students studying overseas grew\u00a03.4%, or 9,336 students.\u00a0There are now 40% more international students studying in the U.S. than a decade ago, the institute found. International students make up nearly 4% of total undergraduate- and graduate-level enrollment.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China was by far the leading source of foreign students in the U.S. &#8212; 235,597 students, or 28.7% of the total &#8212; followed by India (11.8%), South Korea (8.6%) and Saudi Arabia (5.4%). 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