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ByCollinBinkley The Associated Press BOSTON Thenumberofin- ternational students study- ingatU.S.collegesincreased by10percentlastyear,mark- ing the largest single-year gain in 35 years, according to new federal data. Mean- while, the number of Amer- icans studying abroad grew by only 5 percent, falling short of expectations. The findings were re- leased Monday from an an- nual study by the nonprofit Institute of International Education and the U.S. De- partment of State. Of almost 1 million stu- dents that came to the U.S. in the 2014-15 school year, about a third came from China, the most from any country. But much of last year's growth is credited to a surge in the number of stu- dents who came from India, drawn by strong research programs, experts say. In all, the number of In- dian students in the U.S. grew by 30 percent to more than 130,000, the biggest jump since the nonprofit started collecting data in 1954. "That increase has been primarily at the graduate level, and we know that In- dian students have always been very attracted to the availability of excellent sci- ence and research facilities on U.S. campuses," said Ra- jika Bhandari, the nonprof- it's deputy vice president for research and evaluation. Numbers coming from Brazil spiked, too, from 13,000 to 23,000, but Bra- zilians still made up only 2 percent of international stu- dents in the U.S. For the second consecu- tive year, New York Univer- sity hosted the largest num- ber of international stu- dents, at more than 13,000. It's followed by the Univer- sity of Southern California, Columbia University and Arizona State University, which each hosted more than 11,000 international students last year. At the University of Southern California, the number of Indian stu- dents has gone from 1,300 to more than 2,000 since 2012. At other schools like Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, populations of Indian students have in- creased over time but held steady in recent years. "A master's degree in the U.S. is generally considered quite a bit more advanced than ones in India," said Phani Kiran, who came to Arizona State from India last year to get a master's in electrical engineering. "I did have options to do it in India as well, but I kind of wanted more global exposure." About 700 students came to Arizona State from In- dia last year, Kiran said, up from about 550 the year before. The Institute of Interna- tional Education reported that international students contributed $30 billion to the U.S. economy last year. The U.S. remains the top destination for inter- national students, but rela- tively few Americans study abroad. About 300,000 U.S. students left the country to study in the 2013-14 school year, the most recent year for which figures for Amer- icans are available, a num- ber that has risen steadily but still accounts for less than 2 percent of all U.S. undergraduate students. "This rate of growth is not good enough," Bhandari said. "We really do need to double or even triple this rate of growth." To boost those num- bers, the U.S. Department of State said it's opening a new study abroad office of- fering information on pro- grams and scholarships. "We are going to be work- ing very actively on out- reach to explain the bene- fits of study abroad and en- courage more Americans to participate," said Marianne Craven,theactingdeputyas- sistant secretary of state for academic programs. The of- fice plans to launch its web- site this week, Craven said. In particular, the office hopes to help more low- income and minority stu- dents. About 75 percent of U.S. students who studied abroad last year were white, a ratio that has decreased only slightly over the past decade. Black students made up 6 percent of stu- dents who studied abroad last year. Top destinations for U.S. students are the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. European countries drew half of all U.S. students who studied abroad. Colleges, too, have been pushing students to study abroad for years, citing the benefits of cultural ex- change. Dozens have signed on to a national campaign encouraging all students to get passports. Universities have also ramped up efforts to recruit international stu- dents, especially in growing regions. "They know that attract- ing international students to their campuses makes for a better student body," Craven said. EDUCATION US adds foreign students, but few Americans study abroad The Associated Press LONG BEACH Hundreds of people packed a ball- room Sunday to remem- ber a 23-year-old Califor- nia college student who was among the 129 people killed in the Paris attacks. Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old senior studying industrial design at Califor- nia State University, Long Beach, was at a Paris res- taurant Friday night with classmates when she was fatally shot Friday. Gonzalez was studying at the Strate College of De- sign in Paris as part of a se- mester-abroad program. A fellow American student in the program saw Gonzalez get shot and carried away on a stretcher. At the vigil Sunday, a standing-only crowd of stu- dents, faculty and family members remembered Gon- zalez as a hard-working stu- dent with lofty dreams. She worked as a teaching assis- tant at the university and as a shop technician who over- saw lower-division students on their design projects. "She touched practically all of them, as a matter of fact, because all of our students must go through those classes and learn the materials and tools of the trade," said Martin Her- man, chair of the universi- ty's design department. "She was instrumental in shepherding all of our stu- dents along that journey, and she was always gen- erous with her time, her knowledge and her under- standing," he said. Her boyfriend, Tim Mraz, said Gonzalez was "the first in, last out, every day" in the design lab. "She'll always be here, she'll always be in my heart," Mraz said as he spoke through tears. Gonzalez's mother, Be- atriz Gonzalez, said in an interview Saturday that her daughter graduated from high school early and couldn't wait to move to the dorms at a college. "She was very indepen- dent since she was little. Since kindergarten. I re- member she used to or- ganize everything," Bea- triz Gonzalez said. "She wanted to have a career and a family." Her stepfather, Jose Her- nandez,saidthatasthenews in Paris broke, he began re- ceiving panicked texts from Nohemi's boyfriend in Cali- fornia, who said he couldn't get in touch with her. "I replied and I said, 'well don't worry it's OK.' I tried to calm him down," Her- nandez said at the Los An- geles County barbershop where he works. But then the FBI arrived at their door and their worst fears were confirmed. The family said the FBI informed them it could be weeks before Nohemi's body is returned to the U.S. because of the ongoing in- vestigation. Politicians and state uni- versity officials sent state- ments expressing their sad- ness and offering condo- lences to Gonzalez's family. Gov. Jerry Brown said flags would be flown at half- staff at the Capitol for vic- tims of the terror attacks. The university said 17 of its students were studying in France this semester and the other 16 students were safe. Gonzalez was from the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte. 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