INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS & SCHOLARSANNUAL REPORTFALL 20192019Table of Contents
Letter from the Director

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Our International Community

4International Student Data

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History of Enrollment

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Students on OPT

7Countries of Citizenship

8Enrollment by Country

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Economic Impact

10International Scholars

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OISS Staff

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Letter from the Director
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share this report on the university’s international student
and scholar community. The Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS)
tracks and provides resources for an international population of over 1,500.
This report serves as a statistical resource about our international population.
Lehigh’s international community includes degree seeking and non-degree
seeking non-immigrant visa holders and exchange students. It also includes theinternational scholars on campus who serve as researchers, faculty members
and short-term lecturers at the university. Our international population also
includes dependents of our students and scholars. This report does not include
immigrants such as green card holders, asylees or refugees.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me atsad416@lehigh.edu
Sincerely,Samba Dieng
Director, International Students and Scholars

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O UR I NT E RNA T ION A L
P O PUL A T IO N A T L E H I GH
The Office of International
Students & Scholars supports ourinternational population by:
Advising and supporting allinternational students &scholars on campus.

At Lehigh, we have a totalinternational population of 1,555.

Working with relevant
government agencies onmatters affecting ourinternational community.
Advocating in regards toimmigration and crosscultural/personal matters.
Engaging and collaboratingwith university colleagues.
Contributing to interculturalawareness via programming.

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International Student Stats
1,059 enrolled international students
470 undergraduates
589 graduates

269 new international students
124 undergraduates
137 graduates
8 exchange

Undergraduate Students
33.5% - Arts & Sciences
31% - Engineering
24% - Business
10% - Intercollegiate
1.5% - General College

Top Programs of Stud :Computer Science (30 students)
Computer Science & Business (26 students)
Industrial & Systems Engineering (25 students)

Visa Ty es

Graduate Students
65.5% - Engineering
13.8% - Arts & Sciences
8.3% - Business
7.6% - Education
4.8% - Intercollegiate

Top Programs of Stud :Mechanical Engineering (88 students)
Industrial & Systems Engineering (69 students)
Electrical Engineering (60 students)

55Year O ervie:International Enrollment

9%

17%

Increase in international undergraduate
enrollment in the past 5 years.

Decrease in international graduate
enrollment in the past 5 years.

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O P TI O N AL PRA CT IC A L TR A I N I N G (OP T)

Optional Practical
Training (OPT) is abenefit for international
students allowing them towork in the U.S. for one
year or more in their fieldof study, after completionof their degree.
STEM OPT allowsScience, Technology,Engineering & Math(STEM) degree holders toapply for a 24-monthextension of OPT.

18.75%
Increase in the number of students on
OPT/STEM OPT from Fall '18 to Fall '19.

We currently have 361 students
on OPT or STEM OPT.

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International Student CitizenshipAsia

1. Afghanistan
2. Azerbaijan
3. Bahrain
4. Bangladesh
5. Cambodia
6. China
7. Hong Kong
8. India
9. Indonesia
10. Iran
11. Iraq
12. Israel
13. Jordan
14. Kazakhstan
15. Kuwait
16. Kyrgyzstan
17. Lebanon
18. Macau
19. Malaysia
20.Nepal
21. Oman
22.Pakistan
23.Palestine
24.Philippines
25. Saudi Arabia
26.Singapore
27.South Korea
28.Sri Lanka
29.Taiwan
30.Thailand
31. Vietnam

Africa

1. Botswana
2. Egypt
3. Ethiopia
4. Ghana
5. Kenya
6. Lesotho
7. Malawi
8. Morocco
9. Nigeria
10. Rwanda
11. Sierra Leone
12. South Africa
13. Tanzania
14. Tunisia
15. Uganda
16. Zimbabwe

Americas
1. Argentina
2. Bahamas
3. Barbados
4. Brazil
5. Canada
6. Colombia
7. Costa Rica
8. El Salvador
9. Guatemala
10. Honduras
11. Jamaica
12. Mexico
13. Nicaragua
14. Panama
15. Peru
16. Venezuela

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countries represented

Euro e1. Armenia
2. Bosnia
3. France
4. Georgia
5. Germany
6. Greece
7. Italy
8. Macedonia
9. Montenegro
10. Netherlands
11. Poland
12. Portugal
13. Romania
14. Russia
15. Serbia
16. Slovakia
17. Slovenia
18. Spain
19. Turkey
20.Ukraine
21. United Kingdom
22.Uzbekistan

Oceania

1. Australia
2. New Zealand8Enrollment by Country
Top Countries Represented:
China (630), India (73), Iran (31)9

I N T ER NA T IO NA L STU D E N TI M P A C T O N T H E L E H I GH V ALL E Y
Lehigh University ranks #7
in the state of Pennsylvania for
economic growth produced byinternational students.
Our students have *contributed:
International students
contribute to the local
and state economy,
supporting thousandsof U.S. jobs annually(NAFSA).

1,007

jobs

64.2 million dollars
to the Pennsylvania economy.
*NAFSA approximates

10International Scholar Stats
Our 44 scholars include:

Our scholars come from:visiting researchers & scientists,
professors and student interns.
Fields of specialization:

Bioengineering
Biological sciences
Chemical and biomolecularengineering
Chemistry
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering
Foreign languages & literatureIndustrial engineering
Journalism
Management (business)
Materials science
Mathematics
Mechanical engineering
MusicStructural engineering*This list includes only the scholars overseen by OISS*Scholars as of 9/17/19; scholars arrive throughout the year

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Our Staff

Samba DiengDirector

Jeanne Ma
Associate Director

Olga Scarpero

Sophie Goodfellow

Assistant Director

Advisor

Caroline Neal

Winnie Gu

Intercultural Programs Coordinator

Graduate AssistantAlex Gonzalez
Graduate Assistsant*Report pictures: Marco Calderon & Christa Neu

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