From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: [News] Chinese Students Rank Number 1 in Total in the U.S.
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:39:03 GMT

The following is carried in December 14's CND-US:

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3. Chinese Students Rank Number 1 in Total in the U.S. .................. 48
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Forwarded by: Zhai Nanbin, <BENZHAI@TAMVM1.BITNET>
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/25/92

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education dated November 25th, Chinese
students rank number one in the US with a total of 42,940 in the academic
year of 92-93. The top ten  countries of foreign students are as follows:

   1.    China    42,940          6.   Canada     19,190
   2.    Japan    40,700          7.   Hong Kong  13,190
   3.    Taiwan   35,550          8.   Malaysia   12,650
   4.    India    32,530          9.   Indonesia  10,250
   5.    S. Korea 25,720         10.   Pakistan    8,120

Asian students make up 58.7% of the total foreign students in the US,followed
by Europe (12.8%) and Latin America (10.4%). The total foreign students are
numbered 419,585, of which 64% male and 36% female. 46% of them are graduate
students and 35% undergraduate.

The following universities have the largest absolute number of foreign
students:
                                   Tot#      % enrollment
   1. U of Texas, Austin........  4,119        8.2
   2. U of Southern California....4,063       15.4
   3. Boston U....................3,925       14.0
   4. U of Wisconsin, Madison.....3,348        8.9
   5. New York U..................3,384       10.2
   6. Ohio State U, Main campus ..3,354        6.2
   7. Columbia ...................3,090       15.8
   8. U of Pen....................2,962       14.7
   9. U of Illinois, U-C..........2,928        8.3
  10. Texas A&M U,main campus.....2,785        6.8

The following  schools have the highest percentage of foreign students:

   1. Oklahoma City U.............28.1%
   2. Hawaii Pacific U............22.6%
   3. MIT.........................22.1%
   4. Columbia U..................15.8%
   5. Stanford U..................15.6%
   6. U of Southern California....15.4%
   7. NJ Institute of Technology..15.1%
   8. U of Pen....................14.7%
   9. Tufts U.....................14.6%
  10. U of Rochester..............14.3%

The top fields of study among foreign students are:
      Business ..........20%
      Enginering.........18%
      Physical &
         life Science.... 9%
      Math & Computer.....9%

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