Top Study Abroad Destinations

Top Student Travel Destinations Average Tuition Costs (per year) Living Costs Courses Sought After TRurist Aftractions (per month) I United Kingdom business and management, (engineering, sciences Stonehenge York Minster Warwick Castle $10,075-20,150 $698-930 2taly $1,290-1,935 art and design, cooking, fashion, language courses $1100-1290 Colosseum C Grand Canal CLast Supper by Leonardo da Vinci 3 Spain- humanities, spanish, literature, liberal arts CLa Concha $735-1,238 $452-1,290 Palacio Real CSagrada Familia 4 France $155-19,995 arts, science, $452-813 de Paris- Cathedral CFontainebleau Forest and Castle CEiffel Tower architecture, Notre Dame fashion 5China history, architecture, religion, archeology $3500-5500 $500-1500 Great Wall CYangtze Rivers dPotala Palace According to a report by the Institute of International Education (IIE): *270,604 American students studied abroad for academic credit in the 2009-2010 academic year, an increase of nearly 4% over the previous year 4% WHY? For American students to be competitive in today's globalized world, international experience is critically important INGLÉS 44% 15 of the top 25 des- 19 of the top 25 coun- tinations were out- 44% increase in stu- tries don't have English dents going to India, Israel, Brazil, Egypt, side Western Europe as a primary language and New Zealand Most common fields of study for US students abroad: Sciences, business management, humanities, fine and applied arts, and physical and life sciences Americans study abroad to enhance their degrees Top5 Fields of Study of US Students Learning Abroad O Social Sciences 2 Business/Management 3 Humanities 4Fine/Applied Arts 5 Physical/Life Sciences Economic Trends of 5 Leading Destinations: European Destinations - UK, Italy, Spain, and France Decline in GDP 2007-2010 - Current Prices and Market Exchange Rates $ billion % decline Notes: Hungary Romania -7.5 -5.5% - This shows the fall in -7.7 -4.5% UK GDP in 2007-2010 Iceland -7.9 -38.4% was $562 billion - Italy has a decline of $65 billion - Spain and France also have a remarkable France -22.4 -0.9% Spain -34.5 -2.4% South Korea -34.8 -3.3% Germany -43.3 -1.3% Ireland Italy -47.8 -18.4% decline -64.8 -3.1% The UK accounted for a UK -562.1 -20.0% somewhat astonishing 77% of the EU's decline Eurozone -211.7 -1.7% EU -734.0 -4.3% Source:Calculated from World Bank World Development Indicators The Only Asian Leading Destination-thina "4 Longer-term trends that will change China" 1. The Rise of the Labor Movement - seeks higher wages, better working conditions, and meaningful respect for labor laws 2. The Rise of Obesity and Diabetes - offers basic health coverage to the 300 million citizens who currently have no coverage 3. Intellectual Property Rights Continue to Lag the Developing World -intellectual property rights and piracy are an issue 4. Limited Investment Alternatives Fuel Price Bubbles - China has a savings rate of 38% Money pouring into property has created a worrisome asset bubble in housing Foreigners coming to the US: 32% Top 5 host states: • California 723,277 New York 10 years H • Texas Number of international Currently, 723,277 international graduate and undergraduate students study in the US students enrolling at US Massachusetts institutions is also at a • Illinois record high having increased by 32% over the last decade Top 5 US institutions hosting international students: MERN 22% China sends more India sends the students to the US University of Southern California - 157,558 or 22% of the total second largest student cohort, 103,895 ILLINOIS International students contribute more than $21 billion to the US economy through expenditures on tuition and living expenses University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Sources: http://www.studyabroaduniversities.com/Why-Study-in-UK.aspx http://www.studyabroaduniversities.com/Cost-of-Study-and-Living- in-Italy.aspx http://www.studyineurope.eu/study-in-spain http://www.expatica.com/es/education/higher_education/higher- education-in-spain-1896_11005.html http://www.studyabroaduniversities.com/Cost-of-Study-and-Living-in- France.aspx http://www.studyabroaduniversities.com/Why-Study-in-China.aspx http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/1114/Why- Americans-are-choosing-to-study-abroad-in-record-numbers http://www.ie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Open-Doors/Data/ /media/Files/Corporate/Open-Doors/Fast-Facts/Fast%20Facts %202010.ashx http://ablog.typepad.com/key_trends_in_the_world_e/ http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/14/four-trends-change-china/ http://www.squidoo.com/tours-of-uk http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-spain/ http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/france-tourist-attractions/france- tourist-attraction.htm http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/ Naw York University PURDUE UNIVERSITY Purdue University COLUMBIA U NIVERSITY Columbia Univerzity