The data shows that during the 2012-13 academic year, 289,408 American students went abroad to engage in academic pursuits at foreign colleges and universities. Of 289,408 American students who studied abroad, 65.3 percent were women, the highest percentage since the 2005-06 academic year.
New data from the Institute of International Education shows that of the 283,332 American college students who studied abroad during the 2011-12 academic year, 64.8 percent were women.
