Some schools like Howard and Louisiana Tech seem to recruit international students with big merit scholarships for which international students are eligible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/howard-us-kathmandu-connection-nepal-emerges-as-top-source-of-foreign-students/2014/08/27/4cd70376-2a20-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html