High School Exchange
Alliance member organizations, often in conjunction with the Department of State, facilitate both inbound (foreign participants coming the United States) and outbound (American participants going abroad) high school exchange programs.
The Student, Secondary (High School) Exchange Program, a category of the U.S. Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program, brings foreign high school students to the United States for up to one year of academic study at an accredited public or private secondary school. During their stay, participants live with American host families or reside at accredited U.S. boarding schools. The High School Exchange Program, like all exchanges, is intended to provide participants with broad exposure to U.S. culture and society, and to foster greater appreciation among Americans of the participants’ home countries. Specifically, the high school program is designed to allow students to become directly involved in the daily life of the people of the United States through study and host family living and have a consistent record of success in fostering attitudinal change, building lifelong relationships, and encouraging leadership aspirations.
- See more information on the High School Exchange Program on the Department of State website.
Many Alliance members also facilitate outbound high school exchange programs of varying lengths to allow American students in-depth exposure to a foreign education, culture, and society.
The following Alliance member organizations sponsor high school programs:
AFS Intercultural Programs - USA
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs
Center for Cultural Interchange
Council for Educational Travel, USA
Council on International Educational Exchange
Cultural Homestay International
EF Foundation for Foreign Study
International Cultural Exchange Services
Pacific Intercultural Exchange
PAX - Program of Academic Exchange
A list of all inbound high school exchange sponsors designated by the Department of State can be found on the
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