The Chronicle of Higher Education: International
From the issue dated November 22, 2002



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FOREIGN STUDENTS BY INSTITUTIONAL TYPE: TOP 40 ASSOCIATE INSTITUTIONS, 2001-2
Rank Institution City State Total Foreign Students Total Enrollment Proportion
1 Houston Community College System Houston TX 3,484 40,929 8.5%
2 Montgomery College (Md.) Rockville MD 3,217 22,793 14.1%
3 Santa Monica College Santa Monica CA 3,074 27,991 11.0%
4 Northern Virginia Community College Annandale VA 2,267 39,138 5.8%
5 De Anza College Cupertino CA 2,242 28,000 8.0%
6 City University of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College New York NY 1,692 15,875 10.7%
7 Miami-Dade Community College Miami FL 1,592 23,958 6.6%
8 Seminole Community College Sanford FL 1,577 7,993 19.7%
9 Foothill College Los Altos Hills CA 1,573 26,754 5.9%
10 City College of San Francisco San Francisco CA 1,445 66,686 2.2%
11 City University of New York La Guardia Community College Long Island City NY 1,232 11,599 10.6%
12 Pasadena City College Pasadena CA 1,201 28,000 4.3%
13 Broward Community College Fort Lauderdale FL 1,200 25,438 4.7%
14 Orange Coast College Costa Mesa CA 1,152 24,480 4.7%
15 Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill CA 982 24,000 4.1%
16 Nassau Community College Garden City NY 960 19,712 4.9%
17 Collin County Community College District Plano TX 880 14,497 6.1%
18 El Camino College Torrance CA 875 24,000 3.6%
19 City University of New York Queensborough Community College Bayside NY 869 11,109 7.8%
20 Austin Community College Austin TX 868 25,735 3.4%
21 Oakland Community College (Mich.) Farmington Hills MI 829 24,360 3.4%
22 Los Angeles City College Los Angeles CA 800 22,137 3.6%
23 North Lake College Irving TX 791 8,217 9.6%
24 Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills IL 785 14,033 5.6%
25 Bellevue Community College Bellevue WA 778 21,772 3.6%
26 Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston GA 762 15,372 5.0%
27 Seattle Central Community College Seattle WA 740 10,697 6.9%
28 Grossmont College El Cajon CA 710 16,911 4.2%
29 Pima County Community College District Tucson AZ 676 28,466 2.4%
30 Edmonds Community College Lynnwood WA 648 11,206 5.8%
31 El Paso Community College El Paso TX 634 17,901 3.5%
32 Rancho Santiago Community College District/Santa Ana College Santa Ana CA 627 39,599 1.6%
33 Glendale Community College Glendale CA 611 15,000 4.1%
34 Norwalk Community College Norwalk CT 600 5,377 11.2%
35 North Harris Montgomery Community College District Houston TX 600 22,113 2.7%
36 Quincy College Quincy MA 554 5,290 10.5%
37 Butler County Community College El Dorado KS 552 7,911 7.0%
38 Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor MI 543 11,089 4.9%
39 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park CA 529 20,362 2.6%
40 St. Petersburg College St. Petersburg FL 527 60,697 0.9%