Many of New England's colleges grew out of the powerful Christian influence of the first three centuries. The schools of New England draw students and faculty from all corners of the globe. It is an international community in every sense of the word. Boston has the highest concentration of international students of any city in America. Currently there are at least 20,000 internationals studying in Massachusetts and close to 40,000 internationals attending school in New England.
Many foreign students come to Boston because it has a large international community.
In Boston, they can travel anywhere in the city within minutes on a subway trolley and experience the many events and places of interest the city has to offer. Yet at the same time it offers the richest New World heritage, the ideas of freedom and democracy being germinated right in the heart of the city during its first two centuries. The influx of immigrants in the last century brought it most of its European culture. Currently there is an influx of Asian and Hispanic influence. The international student population only adds to this potpourri.