A new report analyses the economic benefit brought by our region's foreign students, with an estimated $1.8 billion spent on tuition and $933 million spent on cost of living over the past four years. Boston has the third largest number of foreign students in the country, with largest numbers at Northeastern, Boston University, and Harvard University. 

This economic benefit is another good reason support fair wages and working conditions for the teachers who are in the classroom educating these students!

Find out more:

• Article in The Boston Globe
• Report from The Brookings Institution