Table II-7-a
International Students Enrollment by Country of Origin and Program Level*
Grouped by Continents
Fall 1998

Continent/Country ALA-
Accredited
Master’s
Other
Master’s
Post-
Master’s
Doctoral Other
Graduate
Bachelor’s Other
Under-
graduate
Total
Africa
Botswana 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Cameroon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Central African Rep. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ghana 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Kenya 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Libya 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Maroc 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Morocco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nigeria 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 10
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
South Africa 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tanzania 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Uganda 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
West Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Zaire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Subtotal (n = 17) 29 7 0 4 0 7 2 49
Asia
Central Asia
Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kyrgyzstan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Subtotal (n = 2) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Far East, Southeast Asia
China 67 54 1 33 13 0 1 169
Hong Kong 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Indonesia 5 6 1 2 1 3 0 18
Japan 24 7 0 2 0 2 2 37
Malaysia 1 3 0 4 0 5 0 13
North Korea 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
South Korea 19 26 1 37 4 12 3 102
Taiwan 15 52 0 12 7 1 0 87
Thailand 3 24 0 17 2 0 0 46
Vietnam 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Subtotal (n = 11) 141 175 3 109 27 24 6 485
Middle East, Near East
Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Cyprus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Israel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Kuwait 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4
Lebanon 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Saudi Arabia 6 2 0 16 0 0 0 24
Turkey 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Yemen Arab Republic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Subtotal (n = 11) 12 4 0 21 1 4 2 44
South Asia
Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
India 14 23 0 8 31 9 2 87
Nepal 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Pakistan 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 10
Sri Lanka 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Subtotal (n = 5) 19 29 0 10 32 11 2 103
Asia Total (n = 29) 176 208 3 140 60 39 10 636
Australia
Australia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Subtotal (n = 1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Europe
Albania 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Armenia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Austria 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Azerbaijan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Belarus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bosnia 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Denmark 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
Finland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
France 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 13
Georgia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Germany 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 9
Greece 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hungary 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Iceland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Italy 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Latvia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Netherlands 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Norway 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Poland 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5
Romania 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Russia 14 0 1 1 2 0 0 18
Slovenia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Spain 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sweden 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4
Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ukraine 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
United Kingdom 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
Yugoslavia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Subtotal (n = 32) 54 13 2 19 5 10 4 107
North America
Bahamas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Bermuda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Canada1 20 15 0 3 4 3 1 46
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dominican Republic 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 7
Grenada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5
Jamaica 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
Mexico 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 9
St. Lucia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Trinidad & Tobago 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
United States2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
West Indies 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Subtotal (n = 14) 46 18 0 7 4 15 8 98
South America
Argentina 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Brazil 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 6
Chile 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Colombia 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Ecuador 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Guatemala 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Guyana 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Peru 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
Venezuela 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 11
Subtotal (n = 9) 10 7 0 12 4 3 0 36
Unknown 5 2 0 2 6 0 2 17
Total (n = 102) 321 256 5 184 79 74 26 945

*  When interpreting the data from this table, please note that not all schools that offered these degree programs were able to report on the international status of their students. This is particularly true for the program levels of "Other Graduate" and "Other Undergraduate".
  • Canadian students at U.S. schools.
  • U.S. students at Canadian schools.

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