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Since the late 1940s, more internationally mobile students have studied in the United States than in any other host country. This trend continues to the present day, with over half a million international students enrolled in its colleges and universities. Almost 60% of these students come from Asia, and about 40% come from four Asian countries (India, Japan, China, and Korea). For more details about the larger numbers of Americans receiving credit for study abroad who are not necessarily counted in host country statistics, see the Open Doors data. For trend data for previous years, visit Open Doors online.
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General Student Data
Total count of all higher education students, both domestic and international:
17,958,000 (2008)
Most recent total for international student enrollment:
623,805 (2008)
Do these counts of international students reflect both public and private institutions?
Yes
How many (or what percentage) of the institutions surveyed include international students?
Approximately 96% (2004/2005)
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Top 10 Sending Places of Origin
Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment (2008):
1. India 15.2%
2. China, PRC 13.0%
3. Korea, Rep. of (South) 11.1%
4. Japan 5.4%
5. Canada 4.7%
6. Taiwan 4.6%
7. Mexico 2.4%
8. Turkey 1.9%
9. Saudi Arabia 1.6%
10. Thailand 1.4%
Open Doors data: previous years >>
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Top 10 Destinations
Top 10 destinations and number of students from given country studying abroad (2008):
1. United Kingdom 32,705
2. Italy 27,831
3. Spain 24,005
4. France 17,233
5. China 11,064
6. Australia 10,747
7. Mexico 9,461
8. Germany 5,785
9. Ireland 5,785
10. Costa Rica 5,383
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Methodolgy & Sources |
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Three organizations oversee international student data collection in the United States. They are:
Institute of International Education (IIE)
United States Department of Education
United States Department of Homeland Security (via Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS).
No governmental agency is responsible for setting any given policy relating to IIE data collection, although IIE receives support from the U.S. Deptartment of State for data collection and dissemination.
Regionally accredited institutions of higher education (including two-year colleges) provide student data through annual surveys conducted by IIE. Data have been collected from 1919 and published in Open Doors since 1954. An international student is defined as an individual on a temporary visa who is enrolled for courses in the U.S., and is not an immigrant, permanent resident, citizen, resident alien ("Green Card" holder) or refugee. Specific data are collected on: academic degree and non-degree granting programs; other types of programs including vocational, academia, secondary, etc.; gender; academic level; type of host institution attended; field of study; sources of student financial support; and visa status.
The primary users of this data include policymakers, academia, government, and media inside and outside the U.S. The data are disseminated via the Open Doors Report on International Exchange publication, and the website: http://opendoors.iienetwork.org
Some challenges arise in regards to IIE's student data collection. Some schools, for example, are not always consistent in their counts or in completing the survey properly. In addition, there are at times pressures from the international educational community to set or confirm a particular agenda when reporting the data.
Source: Institute of International Education (IIE)
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