先前有篇文章也提過美國有哪些大學是接收國際學生比例是最高的，而此篇文章的重點則是國際學生最常申請的美國大學有哪些? 但兩篇可說是相互對應，東岸及東北部的大學遠遠多於西岸。當然其中仍以名校為主，另外在這20所大學中有14所都是州/公立大學，只有6所是私立大學。

1. University of Southern California         7, 987
2. University of Illinois                             7,287
3. New York University                             7,276
4. Purdue University                                 6,903
5. Columbia University                             6,833
6. University of Michigan                          6,095
7. UCLA                                                    5,685
8. Michigan State University                      5,358
9. University of Texas                               5,265
10. Boston University                                  5,172
11. University of Florida                              4,920
12. SUNY University at Buffalo                     4,911
13. Harvard University                                 4,867
14. Indiana University                                  4,819
15. Ohio State University                             4,796
16. University of Minnesota                          4,665
17. Texas A&M University                             4,611
18. Penn State University                              4,561
19. University of Pennsylvania                       4,522
20. Arizona State University                          4,480