Spending by foreign students in the District, Maryland and Virginia during the 2009-10 academic year combined for more than $1 billion, according to a new report by the NAFSA Association of International Educators.
Nationwide, spending last year — which included tuition and fees — totaled nearly $19 billion. The report accounts for financial help U.S. universities grant foreign students.
In D.C., foreign students number 8,563 and spent $300.9 million during the last school year. George Washington University and Georgetown University accounted for more than half the spending, with students there contributing $98 million and $67 million, respectively.
The 14,498 foreign students in Maryland spent $419 million last year. Nearly one-quarter of that total is thanks to Johns Hopkins University, where foreign students spent $101.2 million.
Virginia’s foreign student population of 14,844 spent a total of $357.2 million last academic year. The University of Virginia’s Charlottesville students combined for the most spending, contributing $59.8 million to the state’s economy.
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