Rajika Bhandari

Students from Pakistan brought to the US under the Fulbright Program for Non-US Students.

Foreign students in the US provide a social — and financial — boost at American colleges

November 17, 2014Education

Are foreign students snatching up spots in college from American kids? Not according to a new report, which says foreign students are only 4 percent of the college student population, but contribute $27 billion to the economy — and valuable cultural knowledge for American students.