Internationally focused schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'd also recommend checking out Earlham College in Indiana and Beloit College in Wisconsin. Both have excellent international focuses with some unusual programs and opportunities.</p>

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I have a friend who's heading into her sophomore year as a Russian/international studies major at Macalester! She's actually in Russia right now on an exchange program having the time of her life. Great pick.

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<p>That's awesome. Would you recommend someone from Russia to go to Macalester?</p>

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<p>Tufts has a great program, browse their website.</p>

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<p>Wesleyan University is great... a top ten liberal arts college with a strong history of internationalism and multiculturalism.</p>

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<p>How are Cornell's international programs and foreign language programs (in comparison to other Ivies and top tier schools)?</p>

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<p>Pretty much the schools that do well in the US News category for colleges with high percentage of international students: </p>

<p>1 Wesleyan College (GA) 19%
2 College of the Atlantic (ME) 18%
3 Mount Holyoke College (MA) 15%
4 Macalester College (MN) 14%
5 Principia College (IL) 12%
5 Univ. of Maine–Presque Isle * 12%
7 Lawrence University (WI) 11%
8 Grinnell College (IA) 10%
8 Lake Forest College (IL) 10%
8 Ohio Wesleyan University 10%
8 Pine Manor College (MA) 10%
8 Randolph-Macon Woman's College (VA) 10%
13 Connecticut College 9%</p>

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<p>USC has 9% international students (rounded off). International students website for USC is at: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/student_life/international/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/student_life/international/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Macalester College.</p>

<p>As said previously, Middlebury is excellent in this department and also Claremont McKenna. </p>

<p>If you like the liberal arts college scene, then these colleges are top notch (well, they're top notch anyway, but you know what I mean). If not, there are the more obvious choices such as Georgetown, Tufts, Princeton, Columbia, etc.</p>

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<p>If the Ivies are a reach, then Georgetown would likely be a reach as well. I am no expert on internatonal relations but we just got back from a long college tour. S. is interested in being a pre-med but also wants an international slant.</p>

<p>One school that is slighter "easier" to get into that had strong international offerings was definitely George Washington. We were quite impressed with it, although the tuition is hefty (worse than the Ivies). However, the courses and the internships looked very good, if you don't mind the urban setting. (They are four blocks from the White House.)</p>

<p>The Fletcher School at Tufts is another possibility. Harder than GW to get in, but not as difficult as Georgetown.</p>

<p>As far as Kalamazoo College goes, I graduated from there years ago. Spent my junior year at University College, Cardiff. The study abroad programs are second to none, and you can also do an additional quarter abroad in your sophomore spring which is a 'career-service' block if you manage things right. (My close friend worked as an aide in Parliament.) It's a great small LAC (small class sizes, a tradition of sending people on to earn Ph.d.s) where it would definitely be easier to gain admission. The downside is the location and the fact that its name is less known. Western Michigan is definitely less than ideal for someone looking for related internships!</p>

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<p>kalamazoo has to be on any list of internationally focused schools. </p>

<p>They have a HUGE study-abroad program and something like 90% of all students take part in it. US News rated their program #1 for its study-abroad program (see <a href="http://www.kzoo.edu/admiss/usnews.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kzoo.edu/admiss/usnews.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

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<p>Stanford remains a strong school with an international business focus.</p>

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<p>Pavel -</p>

<p>My nephew took an international relations class at Macalester spring of 2004. There were two young Russian women in his class.</p>

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<p>I second bern's recommendation of UPenn as it is quite the international school</p>

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<p>owugenius: how old is that list? It's definitely wrong...</p>

<p>Penn:
335 intls. out of 2,468 class = 13.57% (~14%) tied with Macalester in 4th</p>

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<p>"Quote:
You forgot to add that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, studied at Macalester.</p>

<p>He must have skipped the ethics courses."</p>

<p>Haha! Definetly!</p>

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<p>Cornell does I believe</p>

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<p>WHY IS THIS THREAD A STICKY? Kind of ridiculous, if you ask me.</p>

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WHY IS THIS THREAD A STICKY? Kind of ridiculous, if you ask me.

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<p>It's not. What are you smoking?</p>

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<p>Anyone know how Carleton's program is? They have an International Relations major, which is rare for a LAC. Anyone know how good their Environmental Studies program is? It seems big, but what about quality?</p>

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<p>UMich has a strong Asian language program and has the oldest Japanese Studies program in the US. The department offers many Asian language classes including Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There are many opportunities for studying abroad, particularly in Korea and China. I checked the Macalester College website, the only two Asian languages taught at the school are Japanese and Chinese, not much variety....</p>