{"id":519,"date":"2011-06-27T15:45:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T15:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.studyabroad101.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:43:20","slug":"top-study-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/top-study-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Study Abroad Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Europe leads study-abroad choices at 62%.<\/p><\/div>\n

Based on the Study Abroad reviews collected by Abroad101.com, we’ve put together some charts to illustrate the top destinations for study abroad.<\/p>\n

In this first chart we can see that students are overwhelmingly choosing to study in Europe, hosting 62% of our students. For about 25% of students, studying abroad will be their first time out of the United States. So it’s no wonder most choose romantic destinations within Europe, knowing how easy it is to visit a new country every weekend. \u00a0Asia is a distant second with 11%. We’ll be keeping an eye on this growth, particularly in China over the next few years to track the impact of the 100,000 Strong initiative. Another region we should look out for is the Middle East. New Arabic programs are starting up at Universities like Tufts, and others are becoming stronger with the support of the government to send our students to be ambassadors around the world.<\/p>\n

The numbers we’ve collected for top countries differ from the Open Doors report for the 2008\/09 school year published by IIE.<\/p>\n

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Country rankings\u2014Abroad101 vs. Open Doors 2008\/09.<\/p><\/div>\n

This chart shows the top 15 country destinations from the Open Doors report, and the corresponding Abroad101 numbers for those countries. Open Doors has found the United Kingdom to be the top destination, on Abroad101, Spain has the most reviews.<\/p>\n

Since there is such a difference in numbers of women and men going abroad, we investigated to see if there was a difference in where they chose to go. As you can see, 3 out of the top 4 are Spain<\/a>, Italy and France. Women just can’t escape the notion of having a love affair around the Caf\u00e9s of Paris, the Art in Italy and the Beaches in Spain. They can’t get enough of the European accent! The men are flocking to Europe as well, but they put Asia above Australia, while the girls are exploring the Outback, the men are keeping up with \u00a0latest technology and economics in China and Japan.<\/p>\n

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Women favor Spain, UK, Italy, France, Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Men lean Europe, with higher share to Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n

How did these students choose where they were going to study abroad? Are they picking out of a hat? Throwing darts onto a World map? Few students said they wanted to learn more about their family heritage, and some are striving for fluency in another language. Many students have no idea where they want to go, or what to expect when they get there. If you’re a student, or knows someone who is looking to get abroad, check out the student reviews on Abroad101.com, see what they have to say about the country they spent a semester in. Do you like what they’re saying about the country you want to go to?\u00a0Do you want to be in a central hub of thousands of years of history? Do you want to be surrounded by natural beauty?\u00a0What about the road less traveled?\u00a0Are you ready to take a risk and go somewhere that will challenge you?\u00a0Do countries like Jordan, Morocco and Belize still seam scary after reading the reviews? Take your time choosing, and remember to make the most of where ever you end up, it is sure to be an amazing, life changing experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based on the Study Abroad reviews collected by Abroad101.com, we’ve put together some charts to illustrate the top destinations for study abroad. In this first chart we can see that students are overwhelmingly choosing to study in Europe, hosting 62% … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[3,361,22],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[682],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abroad101-news","category-rankings","category-study-abroad-news","author-pwpadmin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t