The school has enrolled over 3,000 Chinese students since 2014.

From the Indy Star.

Chinese student population surges at Indiana University

More international students at Indiana University are coming from China than any other country.

Data from the university show that 3,100 Chinese students were enrolled on the Bloomington campus in 2014, the latest statistics available. The campus had 8,684 international students overall, meaning Chinese students make up nearly 36 percent of all international students.

South Korea was second in the number of international students on campus with 814, followed by India with 713, Taiwan with 174 and Canada with 109.

An analysis of 20 years of data on international students by the Herald-Times found that South Koreans were the largest group of international students from 1995 to 2009. The Chinese student population rose significantly after Michael McRobbie became IU’s president in 2007 — more than 23 percent that year.

Despite McRobbie’s emphasis on expanding IU’s international relations, the growth in the Chinese student population has more to do with economics than recruiting efforts and is part of a national trend, according to John Wilkerson, the university’s director of international admissions. About the same time that Chinese students became the largest group of international students at IU, they also became the largest group of international students nationwide.