What U.S. colleges are sending the most students abroad to study? Over the past decade, the number of U.S. students studying abroad has increased by 150 percent. In academic year 2005/2006, 223,534 U.S. students studied abroad, an increase of 8.5 percent from the previous year.

By numbers of students going out of country to study in 2006/2007, the Institute of International Education has calculated the top schools as:

1 - New York University
2 - Michigan State University
3 - University of Texas - Austin
4 - Penn State University - University Park
5 - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
6 - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
7 - University of California - Los Angeles
8 - University of Florida
9 - University of Georgia
10 - Ohio State University - Main Campus
11 - Florida State University
12 - University of Pennsylvania
13 - University of Washington
14 - University of Virginia - Main Campus
15 - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
16 - Brigham Young University
17 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
18 - Indiana University - Bloomington
19 - University of Arizona
20 - University of Delaware

Small colleges lead the list of colleges having the greatest percentages of student who study abroad:
1 - Elon University
2 - Lynn University
3 - Hamline University
4 - University of Dubuque
5 - Warren Wilson College
6 - Loyola College in Maryland
7 - Pacific Lutheran University
8 - Franciscan University of Steubenville
9 - University of Evansville
10 - Whitworth College
11 - Chapman University
12 - Loyola Marymount University
13 - Samford University
14 - Truman State University
15 - Point Loma Nazarene University
16 - Bethel University
17 - Queens University of Charlotte
18 - University of Portland
19 - University of Saint Thomas
20 - Rollins College