- About 16+% of all college students do a study abroad.
- About 6% of all college students are foreign students
- About 28% of all US college students were foreign born or one or more of their parents were immigrants.
- About 27% of graduate students were foreign born.
- “Combining these, a reasonable estimate is that around 40-45% of graduate students in the U.S. are either foreign-born or have at least one immigrant parent, with the foreign-born share being significant due to the high proportion of international students at the graduate level.”
While there may be some overlap, that implies about 50% of all US college students have close international experience today.
If you lack international experience, achieving success in your field will have extra challenges.