UCLA is one of the most popular schools in America for international students
‘UCLA offers so much more compared to other universities’
UCLA was one of the ‘Top 10 universities to host international students” according to the Institute of International Education – enrolling a total of 11, 513 students.
LA Times describes that a record of more than 1 million students came to study in American in the previous academic year. Of these students, the number of foreign students studying in California increased by 10.5% compared to last year.
Peggy Blumenthal, a senior counselor at the Institute of International Education said: “Study Abroad helps strengthen global relations. The more that other countries understand our country, the more experience they have in the United States, the better we will be able to work with them diplomatically, economically and strategically… [In addition,] California has such a huge higher education network.”
Other top universities to host foreign students include New York University (15,500 students), University of Southern California (13,000 students), and Arizona State University (12,8000). However, of all the UC schools, it was clear that UCLA was the top choice – no other UC school made the Top 10 list for hosting foreign students.
Pattaphol Yuktadatta, an international student from Thailand, strongly agreed with this sentiment.
The third year Econ major said:
“The reason that I chose UCLA was because of the diversity and the good weather. I believe that the diversity in people would give me a chance to meet many new people with many new ideas. And because of diversity, I feel that I could explore new ways of thinking by exchanging my ideas and opinions with other. I could learn to engage with people from different culture t0 make me to become more competent in culture.”
Third year international development studies major, Ami Suzuki, came from Japan to UCLA.
“Living in LA just sounds cool. But in all seriousness, UCLA offers so much more compared to other universities such as their beautiful campus, high quality lectures, and active learning lectures (in Japan, most of the lectures are passive). I also love how there is a lot of diversity at UCLA. In Japan, most of the students are ethnically and nationally Japanese; but, at UCLA, students come from a variety backgrounds.”