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Nigeria emerges top African country with largest foreign students in US

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Nigerian students constitute two percent of international students in the United States of America, a report has shown.
The United States Open Doors Report also highlighted that the number of Nigerian students increased by 12.3 percent to 14,438 in 2021/2022 academic session.

China and India alone represented 52 percent of international students in the U.S.

In the full list in the report Nigeria ranked 10th largest in the international students ranking worldwide.

Here’s the full list of international students studying in the US:

1. China → 290,086
2. India → 199,182
3. South Korea → 40,755
4. Canada → 27,013
5. Vietnam → 20,713
6. Taiwan → 20,487
7. Saudi Arabia → 18,206
8. Brazil → 14,897
9. Mexico → 14,500
10. Nigeria → 14,438
11. Japan → 13,449
12. Nepal → 11,799
13. Bangladesh → 10,597
14. United Kingdom → 10,292
15. Iran → 9,295
16. Pakistan → 8,772
17. Germany → 8,550
18. Turkey → 8,467
19. Spain → 8,165
20. Colombia → 8,077
21. Indonesia → 8,003
22. France → 7,751
23. Kuwait → 5,923
24. Hong Kong → 5,848
25. Italy → 5,695
26. Venezuela → 5,317
27. Thailand → 5,007
28. Malaysia → 4,933
29. Ghana → 4,916
30. Russia → 4,802