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CSUMB highly ranked among study abroad programs

Cal State Monterey Bay is ranked among the top colleges for the length of time its students spend abroad, according to the 2015 Open Doors reports.

The report, “Leading Institutions by Long-Term Duration of Study Abroad,” ranks CSUMB No. 8 among its peer institutions – master’s degree-granting colleges and universities.

The Institute of International Education defines “long-term” as an academic or calendar year. According to Open Doors, long stays account for just 3 percent of all study abroad participation; CSUMB students stay that long 35 percent of the time.

Studying abroad for longer periods encourages cultural immersion and provides more opportunities for world travel, overseas internships and a stronger sense of academic stability.

CSUMB students can study abroad for a few weeks in the summer or winter, for a semester, a year, or even multiple times over the course of their academic career. The university partners with more than 60 universities worldwide, in addition to many CSU systemwide partners, providing students opportunities to study or intern through more than 200 programs around the globe.

About Open Doors: Open Doors, supported by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, gathers and publishes information about international students in the United States and U.S. students studying abroad.

Published April 8, 2016