The world attends St. Cloud State: 2018

Lawrence Hall, office space and housing for international students.

Students from 92 nations are enrolled fall semester at St. Cloud State.

Of the 1,411 international students . . .

• • 964 are undergraduates

• 308 are graduate students
• seven are pursuing doctoral degrees
• 132 are not seeking degrees

That 1,411 total is the second-highest enrollment since 2013. International students are 10.4 percent of the University’s 13,467 fall enrollment.

Top nations-of-origin include Nepal (346), China (166), India (145), Saudi Arabia (111) and South Korea (72). Students from South Korea increased 24 percent, year-over-year.

• One-page enrollment chart (PDF)

Minnesota’s 15,695 foreign students and their families contribute an estimated $473.6 million to the economy. St. Cloud State’s international students contribute an estimated $43 million and support 243 jobs.

• NAFSA’s Minnesota report on the benefits international students (PDF)

The number of enrolled international students studying in the U.S. declined during the 2017-18 academic year to 891,330, a year-over-year drop of 11,797, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE) “Open Doors” report. That’s the first decline since the New York-based advocacy organization first collected that metric in 1979-80.

Among America’s master’s granting colleges and universities, St. Cloud State is ranked 11th for international student enrollment, according to the IIE.

St. Cloud State has six students from Kazakhstan, a landlocked Central Asian nation of 18 million. The oil-rich former Soviet republic is ethnically and geographically diverse.

St. Cloud State’s total enrollment — a headcount on the 30th day of the fall 2018 semester — is 13,467.

International students at St. Cloud State are supported by International Student and Scholar Services.