U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) CALIFORNIA FAST FACTS International students at 3,062 California residents volunteered to host or support ECA exchange colleges and universities participants who visited their community. contributed an estimated 1,273 California residents traveled abroad on an ECA-funded cultural or $5.2 BILLION to the academic exchange program, including California economy in the 279 Fulbright grantees. 2015-16 academic year. 1,668 international participants visited California on an ECA-funded educational or cultural exchange program. Higher Learning: California universities with the most international students Notable ECA Alumni 1. University of Southern California 2. University Nobel laureates: Olympic athletes: of California - Los Angeles 3. University of Kenneth Arrow (economics), Brandi Chastain, Lorraine California - San Diego 4. University of California - Felix Bloch (Physics), Donald Fair, Rafer Johnson, Shannon Berkeley 5. University of California - Irvine Cram (Chemistry), Renata Macmillan, Misty May Treanor, Dulbecco (Physiology/ Jessica Mendoza, Rubilena Leading places of origin for international students in medicine), William Fowler Rojas, Tiffany Roberts California in 2015-16 (Physics), Oliver Williamson (Economics) Government officials: 1. China 2. India 3. South Korea 4. Saudi Arabia Innovation and the arts: Earl Warren, Chief Justice 5. Taiwan of the U.S. Supreme Court; Debbie Allen, actor; Craig Juan Vargas; Ed Royce; Dana Barrett, former CEO, Intel; Rohrbacher; Jeffrey Colehan, Kirk Douglas, actor; Richard Mervyn Dymally, Samuel Serra, sculptor Hayakawa, Robert Mathias, Kevin McCarthy. exchanges.state.gov Pulitzer prize winners: Leslie Bassett (music), Robert Hass (poetry), Allan Nevins (biography).