Greece saw a record number of American students enrolling in Greek programs in the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the annual  “Open Doors 2024” report on international educational exchange by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

Specifically, the number of Americans who chose to study in Greece during the 2022-2023 academic year rose by nearly 34% compared to the previous academic year, from 4,484 students to over 6,000.

Based on the numbers, Greece remains among the top 10 destinations abroad for US students. Overall, the IIE report said, 280,716 students from the United States studied abroad during the 2022-2023 academic year, with 64% selecting Europe as their destination.

The most popular destination was Italy (15%), followed by the United Kingdom (13%), Spain (12%), France (6%), Ireland (4%), Germany and Japan (3% each), and Greece, Australia, and Costa Rica (2% each).

At the same time, the data showed that the number of Greek students choosing to study in the United States rose as well, with 2,561 Greeks studying in American universities during the 2022-2023 academic year.

US ambassador

As US Ambassador George Tsunis said to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), commenting on the report, “The United States are proud that they are Greece’s most significant educational partner. This year, our educational collaboration has brought excellent results. According to the ‘Open Door’ report, Greece attracted 33.9% more American students and there was a 0.9% increase in Greek students travelling to the United States to study. Greece remains one of the top ten destinations for American students globally.”

Tsunis also noted the embassy’s commitment to continue working closely with educational partners in the US and Greece to keep building the relationship and increasing these numbers ever further.

“Personally, I commit myself to ensuring that a yet wider range of our youth has the opportunity to study in each other’s country. For this reason, this year we expanded our actions, focusing on developing short-term international exchanges, providing the opportunity to more young people to acquire experience of studying abroad,” The ambassador said.

For more information on IIE, whose “Open Doors” project is funded by the US government, please see: US ambassador As US Ambassador George Tsunis said to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), commenting on the report, “The United States are proud that they are Greece’s most significant educational partner. This year, our educational collaboration has brought excellent results. According to the ‘Open Door’ report, Greece attracted 33.9% more American students and there was a 0.9% increase in Greek students travelling to the United States to study. Greece remains one of the top ten destinations for American students globally.” Tsunis also noted the embassy’s commitment to continue working closely with educational partners in the US and Greece to keep building the relationship and increasing these numbers ever further. “Personally, I commit myself to ensuring that a yet wider range of our youth has the opportunity to study in each other’s country. For this reason, this year we expanded our actions, focusing on developing short-term international exchanges, providing the opportunity to more young people to acquire experience of studying abroad,” The ambassador said. For more information on IIE, whose “Open Doors” project is funded by the US government, please see: https://opendoorsdata.org/.” target=”_blank”>https://opendoorsdata.org/.