International Students in the USA
ISO, the International Student Organization, collect and appreciate information
which is relevant to the life of international students in the USA. This month we
would like to share some of this information with you. In this e–Newsletter
you may find some interesting data about you and your fellow international students.
Let’s start with countries and states: Did you know that India is the leading
country of origin for international students, or that California is the leading
host state?
Major – we can also tell you that the most popular fields of study for international
students in the U.S. are Business and Management with 100,079 international students,
followed by engineering with 92,952 international students.
The following are more statistics for 2005 international students:
1. International students by country of origin.
|
Country of origin
|
Int’l students in the US
|
|
India
|
80.466
|
|
China
|
62.523
|
|
Rep. of Korea
|
53.358
|
|
Japan
|
42.215
|
|
Canada
|
28.140
|
|
Taiwan
|
25.914
|
|
Mexico
|
13.063
|
|
Turkey
|
12.474
|
|
Germany
|
8.640
|
|
Thailand
|
8.637
|
2. International students by schools
|
School Name
|
Int’l students enrolled
|
|
University of Southern California
|
6,846
|
|
University of Urbana
|
5,560
|
|
University of Texas
|
5,333
|
|
Columbia University
|
5,278
|
|
New York University
|
5,140
|
|
Purdue University
|
4,921
|
|
University of Michigan
|
4,632
|
|
Boston University
|
4,541
|
|
University of California Los Angeles
|
4,217
|
|
Ohio State University
|
4,140
|
3. International students by academic level
|
Academic Level
|
Int’l students
|
|
Associate’s
|
65.667 = 11.6%
|
|
Bachelors
|
173.545 = 30.7%
|
|
Graduate
|
264.410 = 46.8%
|
|
Other
|
61.417 = 10.9%
|
Source:
http://iienetwork.org/
We hope you found this information interesting. We will continue with our efforts
of providing you with relevant and accurate information.
Sincerely,
Ana Salazar
ISO – Customer Care Unit.