There were approximately 40,000 foreign students from the European Union in the Spanish universities during the 2023/2024 academic year. Students originally from the United States and Canada amounted to 1,405.

During the academic year 2021/2022, the number of students from France enrolled in higher education at Spanish universities amounted to almost 18,000, making this nationality the most common among foreigners in Spain. Italy was the second country with 15,846.

The number of foreign students enrolled in Spanish educational institutions other than universities for the academic year 2023/2024, broken down by origin, shows that South America was the most common region of origin. In that academic year, the number of students from EU countries was 298,179.

There were approximately 40,000 foreign students from the European Union in Spanish universities in the 2022/2023 academic year, 52 percent of them enrolled in public institutions. With the exception of the United States and Canada, most foreign students were enrolled in public universities.

In the academic year 2023/24, there were 331,602 international students from India studying in the United States. International students The majority of international students studying in the United States are originally from India and China, totaling 331,602 students and 277,398 students respectively in the 2023/24 school year. In 2022/23, there were 467,027 international graduate students , which accounted for over one third of the international students in the country. Typically, engineering and math & computer science programs were among the most common fields of study for these students. The United States is home to many world-renowned schools, most notably, the Ivy League Colleges which provide education that is sought after by both foreign and local students. International students and college Foreign students in the United States pay some of the highest fees in the United States, with an average of 24,914 U.S. dollars. American students attending a college in New England paid an average of 14,900 U.S. dollars for tuition alone and there were about 79,751 international students in Massachusetts . Among high-income families, U.S. students paid an average of 34,700 U.S. dollars for college, whereas the average for all U.S. families reached only 28,026 U.S. dollars. Typically, 40 percent of families paid for college tuition through parent income and savings, while 29 percent relied on grants and scholarships.

India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Student Visa: Western Europe: Spain data was reported at 133.000 Unit in 2014. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Student Visa: Western Europe: Spain data is updated yearly, averaging 133.000 Unit from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. India Foreign Tourist Arrivals: Student Visa: Western Europe: Spain data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table IN.QB030: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Visa Type: Student Visa.

This statistic presents the number of foreign students graduating from higher education courses at Spanish universities during the academic year 2017/2018, broken down by country of origin. That year, the number of students from Italian origin that graduated in Spain amounted to over seven thousand, making this nationality the most common among foreign university graduates.

There were approximately one million foreign students enrolled in Spanish institutions other than universities during the 2023/2024 school year. Overall, the number of foreign students enrolled in education institutions grew during the period under consideration.

The number of enrollments in language schools in Spain reveals that Spaniards are well aware of the importance of foreign languages in modern times. During the 2022/23 academic year, almost 331,000 people were registered at the Spanish language schools to add a new language to their curricula. In a globalized world, languages are taking a much more important role on the job market. The most studied and spoken languages in the world include English, Mandarin, Hindi or Spanish.

The importance of language knowledge in the job market Enrollment numbers at language schools come as no surprise considering that foreign languages have become a vital asset for job seekers in the last years. English, par excellence the most used language for international affairs, unsurprisingly ranked first on the list of most valued languages on the Spanish job market, with approximately 65.2 of job openings that require foreign language skills demanding this one. Far from that stood French, with 17.38 percent of the job openings.

Languages in the Spanish multimedia scene Most of the best selling albums Spain during 2022 were recorded in the country’s main language Spanish, with 38 albums in the top 50. As for videogames, 96 percent of the games produced in the country had English as a language option. Spanish was the second most used language, being present in 91 percent of productions.

The number of students enrolled in sport schools in Spain has increased from the from the school year 2005/2006 to 2022/2023. During the last school year, the number of individuals studying sport training in Spain was over 11,000.

In the academic year of 2021/2022, there were 6,213 non-degree seeking international students from China studying in the United States, making it the leading country for non-degree students in that year. Germany, Japan, France, and Spain rounded out the top five countries for non-degree seeking international students.

There were 30,610 American students studying in Italy in the academic year of 2021/2022, making it the most popular study abroad destination in that year. The United Kingdom, Spain, France, and Germany rounded out the top five countries for study abroad in that academic year. A ranking of the most spoken languages across the world can be accessed here.

This graph presents the number of middle school students learning a second foreign language in France at the beginning of the 2021 school year, by language learned. The statistic displays that 1,897,204 middle school students were learning Spanish as a second foreign language as of 2021.

In 2024, there were 8,238 A-Level entries in Spanish in the United Kingdom, compared with 7,544 entries in French, and 2,431 in German. There were a further 6,429 exam entries in other modern languages during this year.