There were more than 1 million international students in the U.S. during the 2022/23 academic year, marking a 12% increase on the previous year and a near-return to pre-pandemic levels. UMB international student numbers increased 13.5% from 297 in 2021/22 to 337 in 2022/23.

The Open Doors 2023 report on international educational exchange showed new enrollments exceeded pre-pandemic levels with more than 298,000 international students starting programs last year.

The figures mark the fastest growth rate in more than 40 years but stopped short of returning to pre-pandemic numbers, with 1,057,188 students in 2022/23, compared to approximately 1,094,000 in 2018/19.

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