WASHINGTON: After three years of decline, the number of Indian students at U.S. campuses increased by six percent to 102,673 in the 2013-14 academic year, according to a new report on International Educational Exchange.

The number of international students at colleges and universities in the U.S. increased by eight percent to a record high of 886,052 students in the 2013-14 academic year, the 2014 Open Doors Report released found.

The overall number of international students in the U.S. has grown by 72 percent since the first International Education Week briefing was held in 2000, it noted.

There are five times as many Chinese students on U.S. campuses as were reported in Open Doors 2000; almost two-and-a-half times as many Indian students; seven-and-a-half times as many Vietnamese students; and more than 10 times as many Saudi students.

In 2013-14, there were 66,408 more international students enrolled in U.S. higher education compared to the previous year.

While students from China and Saudi Arabia together account for 73 percent of the growth, a wider range of countries contributed to the increase, with India, Brazil, Iran and Kuwait together accounting for an additional 18 percent of growth, the report found.

The number of Indian students increased by 6 percent to 102,673, reversing a three-year trend of declining numbers of Indian students at US campuses. The increase was driven by enrollment at the graduate level.