During this year's International Education Week, NAFSA: Association of International Educators released two new reports: one highlighting the economic impact of international students within the United States, and the other focusing on US student study abroad participation trends.

The Economic Impact Analysis breaks down the economic contribution of international students (and their dependents) by state, congressional district, and institution. Overall, NAFSA estimates that international students and their dependents contributed approximately $21.81 billion to the US economy in the 2011-2012 academic year.

In Trends in US Study Abroad, the rates for US students studying abroad are broken down by race/ethnicity, field of study, host region, and state. During the 2010-2011 school year, approximately one per cent of US students studied abroad.

Additional study abroad participation trends for both US students studying abroad and international students studying in the US were also made available during International Education Week by the Institute for International Education (IIE). IIE released its newest Open Doors report, which, among other things, has confirmed that the UK is still the number one study abroad destination for US students. The Open Doors report breaks down study abroad participation into many different categories and tracks the changes in those categories over time. To access the Open Doors Report data, visit the IIE website here: IIE Open Doors Report.