Top Business Schools With The Most International Students

Hult International Business School students

If you’re looking for a school with a lot of international diversity, it’s probably a good bet to pick one with the word “international” in its name. This year, Hult International Business School reported 92% of its freshmen are considered international — more than any other school reporting the figure and it’s not even close.

Hult was followed by Boston-based Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of business, which reported enrolling a class of 27.50% international. That number is up slightly from the 25.10% Northeastern reported for incoming business majors last year. Seattle University’s Albers School of Business followed with 21.20%, down substantially to the 32% the school reported last year.

We collect student demographic data for incoming business majors through our data-collection process as part of our ranking of Best Undergraduate Business Schools. Across the board, schools mainly reported lower rates of international students this year — not surprising considering the impact the global Coronavirus pandemic has had both on travel and higher education.

Florida International University’s business school had the fourth-highest rate of international students at 19%, but again, the number was slightly lower than the 22% reported by the school last year. Rounding out the top-five is New York University’s Stern School of Business, which reported enrolling 16% international students this fall, down from 22.1% last fall.

Rank School % International
32 Hult International Business School 92.00
18 Northeastern University 27.50
62 Seattle University 21.20
86 Florida International University 19.00
3 New York University 16.00
85 George Washington University 15.00
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil 14.10
20 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 14.00
41 Rutgers Business School At New Brunswick 13.00
16 Emory University 12.00
42 Purdue University 12.00

At the other end, Texas Tech University, the University of Utah, University of Arizona, and University of New Hampshire all reported rates of less than 1% for international students this fall.

Rank School % International
45 Elon University 1.30
47 Providence College 1.30
30 University of Pittsburgh 1.00
35 Bucknell University 1.00
61 The College of New Jersey 1.00
80 Ohio State University 1.00
90 Auburn University 1.00
55 University of New Hampshire 0.40
49 University of Arizona 0.01
66 University Of Utah <1
73 Texas Tech University <1

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