A recent report shows that Fordham University in the Bronx is competing with top ranked universities such as Columbia University and NYU in terms of attracting foreign students.

Last year the Jesuit school enrolled 1,064 students from abroad.

“When a foreign student comes to the Bronx, it enables our students to sit next to someone from India or Brazil,” said the president of the study Allan Goodman. “And it gives them a sense, at least, that we share the world and its problems.”