FALL 2017
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTENROLLMENT REPORTInternational Students and Scholars
Office of International Affairs

OUR STAFF
SAMBA Dieng, Director

JEANNE Ma, Associate Director
OLGA Scarpero, Assistant Director

BONNIE Beidleman, Office Coordinator
CLARA Buie, Program Director

SOPHIE Goodfellow, Graduate Assistant
MOHAMED Hagag, Database Coordinator

ANGEL Oi Yee, Graduate AssistantINTRODUCTION
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share this report on the university’s international student community. The Officeof International Students & Scholars (OISS) serves our rapidly growing international community ofstudents and scholars. We track, report, and provide services for over 1434 enrolled and graduatedinternational students.
This report serves as a statistical resource about our international students. Lehigh’s international
community includes degree seeking and non-degree seeking non-immigrant visa holders and exchange students.
This report does not include international scholars who serve as researchers, faculty members, orshort-term lecturers at the university, nor does it include immigrants such as green card holders,
asylees or refugees.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at sad416@lehigh.edu.
Sincerely,
Samba Dieng
Director, International Students & Scholars
Office of International Affairs
Lehigh University

TOTAL INTERNATIONALPOPULATION

1,144

316

Total International Population

New International
Undergraduate & Graduate Enrollment

434
710

107
198
11

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Graduate

Graduate

Exchange

1200

OPT 290

1150
1100* Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a benefit
for international students allowing them towork in the U.S. for one year or more in theirfield of study after completion of their degree.

Graduate 710
Undergraduate 434

1050
1000
950
900

Students by Level
Fall 2012

Fall 2013

Fall 2014Fall 2015

Fall 2016

Female 38%

Fall 2017

International Student Population (2012 - 2017)

Other 1%

Male 62%

J1 5%

Gender Distribution
F1 94%

Visa Types

UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS

434
107
11General College
4%Intercollegiate
9%

Total International Undergraduates

Business 21%

New Degree Seeking

Engineering 39%

Arts & Sciences
27%

Non Degree Seeking

140

Field of Study

120
10080
Female 42%

60
Male 58%

40
200Freshmen

61

Sophomores

Countries Represented

Juniors

Seniors

GRADUATESTUDENTS
Top Programs
Recruiting Fall 2017
Industrial & Sys Engineering (25 students)
Analytical Finance (23 students)Mechanical Engineering (16 students)
Top Programs
Total Enrollment
Mechanical Engineering (98 students)
Industrial & Sys Engineering (92 students)
Electrical Engineering (68 students)
Analytical Finance (59 students)

Education 8%

Arts & Sciences
12%

Business 18%
Engineering 62%

Field of Study710
19860

Total International Graduate Students

New International Graduate Students

Countries Represented

ENROLLMENT BYREGIONS OF THE WORLDTop Countries
China: 674 (59%)
India: 82 (7%)

Countries Represented

Iran: 40 (3%)
AFRICA: 41

MIDDLE EAST: 91

AMERICAS: 49

East Africa

IranCaribbean

Ethiopia

Iraq

BahamasKenya

JordanDominican Republic
JamaicaRwandaKuwaitTanzania

LebanonCentral America

UgandaOman

El Salvador

North Africa

Saudi Arabia

Guatemala

Egypt

Syria

HondurasSouthern Africa

Yemen

MexicoAngolaEUROPE: 74

Nicaragua

Botswana

Eastern Europe

PanamaMalawi

AlbaniaSouth America

Mauritius

Armenia

Argentina

South Africa

BosniaBrazilZimbabwe

Bulgaria

Venezuela

West Africa

Czech Republic

Colombia

Ghana

Georgia

Uruguay

Nigeria

Macedonia

North America

Sierra Leone

PolandCanadaTogo

Romania

OCEANIA: 3

ASIA: 886

RussiaAustralia
New Zealand

East Asia

Slovakia

China

SloveniaHong Kong

Western Europe

South Korea

FranceTaiwan

GermanySouth & Central Asia

GreeceAfghanistan

Italy

Azerbaijan

Netherlands

Bangladesh

NorwayIndia

Portugal

Kazakhstan

Spain

Nepal

TurkeyPakistan

United Kingdom

EUROPE
7%

MIDDLEEAST
8%OCEANIA0%

Turkmenistan

Cambodia
Indonesia
Malaysia
MyanmarPhilippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

AFRICA
4%
AMERICAS
4%

Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

85

ASIA
77%

International Student
Enrollment by Country
Country
UG
Afghanistan
0
Albania1
Angola0
Argentina
1
Armenia
0Australia
1
Azerbaijan
1
Bahamas1
Bangladesh
1
Bosnia0
Botswana
0Brazil5Bulgaria
0
Cambodia
1Canada6China255
Colombia
1Czech Rep0
Dominican Rep 1
Egypt
1El Salvador
2
Ethiopia
1France4Georgia2
Germany0
Ghana
1Greece4
Guatemala6
Honduras
2
Hong Kong
2
India
11G
50
10
1
1
10
51
12
1
1
10419
2
10
500
1112
300
171

T
51
1
1
12
2
1
6
1
1
7
12
16674
3
1
162
1
53
13
762
382

Country
Indonesia
IranIraq
Italy
Jamaica
JordanKazakhstan
Kenya
Korea
KuwaitLebanonMacedonia
MalawiMalaysia
Mauritius
MexicoMyanmar
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
NorwayOman
Pakistan
PanamaPhilippines
PolandPortugal
Romania
RussiaUG
00010232210
30
121112
10
1
30
1
5220
1
11G
640
80
1
11
1
11
60
10
1000
3
1
10
5
10
4
1
1
100
4T
6
40
8
1
134
332
63113
11
152
118
119331115Country
RwandaSaudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
SloveniaSouth Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
TaiwanTanzania
ThailandTogo
TurkeyTurkmenistan
UgandaUnited Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe

UG
16
1202
120
172
100
30
1203
17
15G
1
20
00
102
110
7
12
127
102
1
1
300T
226
12
1233
1
114
3
12
130
1
14
1420
15

1,144
Total International Students