Campus & place
Most international first-years
The share of the entering class from outside the United States.
49%
#1 · Principia College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL
2%
Median
of 1,085 schools, all divisions
24.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
23%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, all divisions
#1 · Principia Collegeevery school
The spread across 1,085 schools; the median is 2%.
How it is measured
Residence of first-time students, collected every other year.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | First-years from abroad | In state | Undergrads | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principia College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL | 49% | 3% | 338 | |
| 2 | Pratt Institute Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 32% | 19% | 3,814 | |
| 3 | Menlo College Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Atherton, CA | 30% | 49% | 831 | |
| 4 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | 27% | 36% | 1,819 | |
| 5 | Penn State Harrisburg Division III · United East Conference · Middletown, PA | 26% | 46% | 4,164 | |
| 6 | Boston University Division I · Patriot League · Boston, MA | 25% | 14% | 18,656 | |
| 7 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | 24% | 14% | 2,752 | |
| 8 | Knox College Division III · Midwest Conference · Galesburg, IL | 23% | 36% | 1,001 | |
| 9 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | 23% | 16% | 2,209 | |
| 10 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | 23% | 25% | 6,764 | |
| 11 | University of the Ozarks (Arkansas) Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Clarksville, AR | 23% | 38% | 763 | |
| 12 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | 22% | 26% | 29,760 | |
| 13 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | 21% | 22% | 3,675 | |
| 14 | Caldwell University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · Caldwell, NJ | 21% | 71% | 1,448 | |
| 15 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | 21% | 25% | 1,911 | |
| 16 | Tiffin University Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Tiffin, OH | 21% | 60% | 2,669 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA | 20% | 11% | 7,289 | |
| 18 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | 20% | 11% | 7,359 | |
| 19 | Gannon University Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference · Erie, PA | 20% | 54% | 2,920 | |
| 20 | La Roche University Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Pittsburgh, PA | 20% | 75% | 2,300 | |
| 21 | Augustana College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Rock Island, IL | 19% | 65% | 2,446 | |
| 22 | Beloit College Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI | 19% | 17% | 948 | |
| 23 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | 19% | 7% | 1,775 | |
| 24 | Salem University (West Virginia) Division II · Independent · Salem, WV | 19% | 19% | 695 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | 19% | 12% | 7,643 | |
| 26 | Bethany Lutheran College Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN | 18% | 59% | 850 | |
| 27 | Brown University Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI | 18% | 3% | 7,741 | |
| 28 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | 18% | 15% | 6,186 | |
| 29 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 18% | 24% | 1,664 | |
| 30 | Queens University of Charlotte Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · Charlotte, NC | 18% | 44% | 1,373 | |
| 31 | University of California, Davis Division I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA | 18% | 75% | 31,797 | |
| 32 | University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | 18% | 42% | 21,023 | |
| 33 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | 17% | 9% | 1,349 | |
| 34 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 17% | 42% | 1,381 | |
| 35 | Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY | 17% | 19% | 9,111 | |
| 36 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | 17% | 14% | 4,171 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Madison, NJ | 17% | 68% | 5,440 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus Division I · Northeast Conference · Teaneck, NJ | 17% | 68% | 5,440 | |
| 39 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | 17% | 35% | 8,054 | |
| 40 | The College of Wooster Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH | 17% | 32% | 1,876 | |
| 41 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | 17% | 13% | 2,237 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL | 17% | 71% | 35,564 | |
| 43 | Earlham College Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN | 16% | 32% | 635 | |
| 44 | Harvard University Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA | 16% | 15% | 9,095 | |
| 45 | North Carolina Wesleyan University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Rocky Mount, NC | 16% | 60% | 1,212 | |
| 46 | Rice University Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX | 16% | 36% | 4,574 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Superior Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Superior, WI | 16% | 45% | 2,086 | |
| 48 | Wellesley College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA | 16% | 11% | 2,418 | |
| 49 | Calvin University Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Grand Rapids, MI | 15% | 51% | 3,053 | |
| 50 | Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH | 15% | 2% | 4,447 | |
| 51 | Davis & Elkins College Division II · Mountain East Conference · Elkins, WV | 15% | 51% | 683 | |
| 52 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | 15% | 12% | 1,424 | |
| 53 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | 15% | 12% | 6,089 | |
| 54 | North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Chicago, IL | 15% | 68% | 1,876 | |
| 55 | Norwich University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Northfield, VT | 15% | 14% | 2,642 | |
| 56 | Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ | 15% | 16% | 5,671 | |
| 57 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | 15% | 10% | 1,644 | |
| 58 | University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA | 15% | 60% | 39,515 | |
| 59 | Bentley University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Waltham, MA | 14% | 41% | 4,350 | |
| 60 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | 14% | 29% | 1,023 | |
| 61 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | 14% | 7% | 2,284 | |
| 62 | Luther College Division III · Midwest Conference · Decorah, IA | 14% | 26% | 1,463 | |
| 63 | St. Cloud State University Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · St. Cloud, MN | 14% | 75% | 8,430 | |
| 64 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | 14% | 21% | 6,877 | |
| 65 | University of Charleston (West Virginia) Division II · Mountain East Conference · Charleston, WV | 14% | 57% | 2,087 | |
| 66 | Whitman College Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA | 14% | 27% | 1,544 | |
| 67 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | 14% | 6% | 6,818 | |
| 68 | Augustana University (South Dakota) Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · Sioux Falls, SD | 13% | 45% | 1,871 | |
| 69 | Coker University Division II · South Atlantic Conference · Hartsville, SC | 13% | 54% | 1,187 | |
| 70 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | 13% | 21% | 2,405 | |
| 71 | Dickinson College Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA | 13% | 23% | 2,204 | |
| 72 | Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA | 13% | 25% | 2,216 | |
| 73 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 13% | 18% | 2,142 | |
| 74 | McKendree University Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference · Lebanon, IL | 13% | 48% | 1,605 | |
| 75 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | 13% | 11% | 2,506 | |
| 76 | Truman State University Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference · Kirksville, MO | 13% | 73% | 3,302 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana Monroe Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Monroe, LA | 13% | 81% | 6,550 | |
| 78 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | 13% | 16% | 11,611 | |
| 79 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | 13% | 8% | 3,066 | |
| 80 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | 12% | 13% | 1,910 | |
| 81 | Davidson College Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC | 12% | 17% | 1,904 | |
| 82 | Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference · Los Angeles, CA | 12% | 55% | 7,336 | |
| 83 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | 12% | 7% | 4,576 | |
| 84 | Northeastern University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA | 12% | 21% | 15,891 | |
| 85 | St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY | 12% | 34% | 2,060 | |
| 86 | University of California, Santa Barbara Division I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA | 12% | 78% | 23,232 | |
| 87 | University of Jamestown Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · Jamestown, ND | 12% | 30% | 964 | |
| 88 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | 12% | 9% | 7,152 | |
| 89 | Chowan University Division II · Conference Carolinas · Murfreesboro, NC | 11% | 44% | 638 | |
| 90 | Duke University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC | 11% | 12% | 6,488 | |
| 91 | Juniata College Division III · Landmark Conference · Huntingdon, PA | 11% | 56% | 1,212 | |
| 92 | Mount Aloysius College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Cresson, PA | 11% | 82% | 2,942 | |
| 93 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | 11% | 22% | 9,157 | |
| 94 | Penn State University, Abington Division III · United East Conference · Abington, PA | 11% | 68% | 3,095 | |
| 95 | Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA | 11% | 45% | 3,629 | |
| 96 | Shaw University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Raleigh, NC | 11% | 55% | 843 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | 11% | 28% | 15,739 | |
| 98 | The Ohio State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH | 11% | 66% | 45,728 | |
| 99 | University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA | 11% | 78% | 33,078 | |
| 100 | University of California, Irvine Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA | 11% | 81% | 29,503 |
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