Despite the growing economic clout of emerging countries, students still want to pursue higher education in United States.

India remains the leading exporter of students to the US for the seventh year in a row, followed by China and South Korea. With 83,833 students in 2006-07 and a 10 per cent increase from previous year, India maintained the lead as the place of origin for highest number of international students in the US.

China remains in second place, with numbers up by 8 per cent to 67,723 and the Republic of Korea, in third place, increased its share by six per cent to 62,392.

The United States continues to attract the imagination and ambitions of international students, which is evident from the increase in numbers of total enrollments.

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