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\nLoyola University Chicago, School of Social Work  \nSunwoo Lee  \nKorea National Council on Social Welfare  \nHelen Taylor Yates  \nUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington, College of Health and Human Services  \nShena Leverett Brown  \nClark Atlanta University, Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work  \nInternational students in the United States face unique challenges of adjusting to college life in a foreign country due to additional stressors of language, differing academic and study habits, and being socially isolated from their home environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the levels of acculturative stress of international students enrolled at a Southern [U.S. university. We](U.S. university. We) used logistic regression to examine the relationships between life stress, time spent in the U.S. and acculturative stress controlling for socio-demographic differences between students. Our regression model was statistically significant and explained 37.5% of the variance. Overall, we found that country of origin and academic stress, an attribute of life stress contributed to overall acculturative stress. Implications for higher education, college campus staff and service providers are discussed.  \nKeywords: international students, acculturative stress, life stress, acculturation, higher education  \nAcknowledgement:  \nWe would like to express our gratitude to Drs. Llewellyn J. Cornelius and Tiffany Washington from the School of Social Work, University of Georgia for their support with study conceptualization.  \nWe would also like to thank Nicole Marie Malazarte, Graduate Research Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work for their help in preparing this manuscript.  \nPlease direct inquires about this manuscript to: Abha Rai, [arai4@luc.edu](arai4@luc.edu)  \nCollege Student Affairs Journal, Volume 39(2), pp. 165-179 ISSN 2381-2338  \nCopyright 2021 Southern Association for College Student Affairs All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.  \n166 College Student Affairs Journal Vol. 39 No. 2, 2021  \nniversities and colleges in the United  \nUStatberseso(Ufi.Snt.e)r anreatiooaslti ngstudlaregnets,n uamnd  \nthe enrollment continues to increase. Between 2007 and 2012, undergraduate and graduate international students studying at U.S. campuses increased by 30% according to research published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) (Hirai et al., 2015) . The latest report published by the IIE suggests that the numbers will continue to grow, as will the demand for opportunities for higher education internationally (IIE, 2017) . The IIE report indicated that approximately 975,000 international students across all levels were studying in the [U.S. at](U.S. at) the time of publication in the 2017 report.  \nInternational students migrate to the U.S. from a variety of locations. According to the IIE, the most frequently represented countries include China (304,000), India (133,000), South Korea (64,000), Saudi Arabia (60,000), and Canada (27,000) . International students also have diverse study interests including STEM fields, business and the social sciences to name a few. Location of study is less diverse among international students in the U.S. According to the Brookings Institute, most international students pursuing a bachelor’s degree or above in the [U.S. study](U.S. study) in metropolitan areas (Ruiz, 2014) . The highest concentrations of international students are in New York/New Jersey metro area, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago respectively (Ruiz, 2014) .  \nInternational students contribute to the rich academic and cultural diversity of U.S. campuses. They also frequently conduct innovative research that improves the lives of Americans. 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