The U.S. ranks 1st in foreign students

According to the OECD, there were 584,814 non-resident students in American colleges and universities in 2006, which made the United States rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 20th in freedom from corruption

According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2009 Index of Economic Freedom, the United States ranks twentieth in freedom from corruption. Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand tied for first.