International Student Enrollment Report Academic Year 2006 - 2007
Total Number of International Students at the University of Southern California
Fall 2005 Undergraduate Graduate Other Total 1393 3948 1540 6881 Fall 2006 1456 4014 1645 7115 % Change 4.52 1.67 6.82 3.40
Table 1.1 *
Sources: Office of the Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) for the “Other” Category
Table 1.2
Degree-Seeking International Students by Academic Level
Fall 2005 Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Masters Doctoral Professional Total 268 310 371 444 2183 1705 60 5341 Fall 2006 340 305 363 448 2348 1600 66 5470 % Change 26.87 -1.61 -2.16 0.90 7.56 -6.16 10.00 2.35
Sources: Office of the Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) for the “Other” Category
Table 1.3
Composition of “Other” Category
Fall 2005 Visitors** Optional Practical Training*** USC Language Academy Total 151 1225 164 1540 Fall 2006 167 1299 179 1645 % Change 10.59 6.04 9.15 6.82
Sources: OIS and University of Southern California Language Academy (USCLA.) * International students are non-U.S. citizens holding non-immigrant visas. Citizens of other countries who are U.S. permanent residents or immigrants (green card holders) are not included. ** Visitors consist of 59 and 72 Undergraduate Visitor (UV) and 92 and 95 Graduate Visitor (GV) students for Fall 2005 and Fall 2006, respectively. *** Optional Practical Training (OPT) is the category of graduates on F-1 (student) visas who are legally employable for 12 months following graduation. They remain under USC auspices for immigration status purposes.
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Chart 2.1
Class Distribution of Fall 2006 International Student Enrollment
USC Language Academ y 11%
Visitors 10%
Senior 31%
Freshm an 23%
Optional Practical Training 79%
Junior 25%
Sophom ore 21%
Other 23%
Undergraduate 20%
Graduate 57%
Professional 2% Doctoral 40% Masters 58%
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Table 3.1
Gender Comparisons, Fall 2005 and Fall 2006
Males 803 2580 970 4353 4277 % of Total 55.15 64.27 58.96 61 62.2 Females 653 1434 675 2762 2604 % of Total 44.85 35.73 41.04 39 37.8
Undergraduate Graduate Other Total Fall 2006 Total Fall 2005
Sources: Office of the Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) for the “Other” Category
Females 39%
Males 61%
Other 24%
Undergraduate 24%
Other 22%
Undergraduate 18%
Graduate 52%
Graduate 60%
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Table 4.1
International Students as a Percentage of Total University Enrollment, Fall 2006
Int'l Undergraduate Graduate Visitors* Total Source: Office of the Registrar. * Enrolled students not in degree programs 1456 4014 167 5637 Total 16449 15689 1251 33389 % Int'l 8.85 25.58 13.28 16.88
Chart 4.1
12 Years of International Student Enrollment*, Fall 1995 - Fall 2006
6000 5272 5000 4048 4000 4183 4278 4034 4564 4813 5024
5497
5533
5492
5637
3000
2000
1000
0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: OIS Enrollment Reports for years listed. * Data prior to 2001 included Language Academy students, but not thereafter.
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Table 5.1
Top Ten Homelands with TOTAL International Student Enrollment*, Fall 2005 and Fall 2006
India China, PRC Taiwan South Korea Canada China, Hong Kong Japan Indonesia Iran** United Kingdom 2005 1084 752 701 640 247 194 213 161 109 115 2006 1311 756 681 636 254 209 165 147 109 107 % Change 20.94 0.53 -2.85 -0.63 2.83 7.73 -22.54 -8.70 0.00 -6.96
Total Total All International Students Top Ten Homelands Percentage
4216 5492 76.77
4375 5637 77.61
3.77 2.64
Chart 5.1
1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 India China, PRC Taiwan South Korea Canada China, Hong Kong Japan Indonesia Iran** United Kingdom 2005 2006
Source: Office of the Registrar. * Excludes students on OPT and attending USCLA. ** Thailand with 110 was in the Fall 2005 “Top 10”.
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Table 6.1
Top Ten Homelands with NEW International Student Enrollment*, Fall 2005 and Fall 2006
2005 India Taiwan China, PRC South Korea Canada China, Hong Kong Japan Indonesia Thailand United Kingdom 412 291 195 188 68 63 76 63 39 36 2006 586 298 276 211 86 76 65 40 39 32 % Change 42.23 2.41 41.54 12.23 26.47 20.63 -14.47 -36.51 0.00 -11.11
Total Total All New International Students Top Ten Homelands Percentage
1431 1764 81.12
1709 2115 80.80
19.43 19.90
Source: Office of the Registrar. * Excludes students in the “Other” category.
Chart 6.1
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2005 2006
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0 India Taiwan China, PRC South Korea Canada China, Hong Kong Japan Indonesia Thailand United Kingdom
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Table 7.1
Homelands with more than 100 Non-U.S. Citizen Students Enrolled, Fall 2006
International (Non Immigrant) India China, PRC Taiwan South Korea Canada China, Hong Kong Iran Japan Indonesia United Kingdom Thailand 1311 756 681 636 254 209 109 165 147 107 105
Permanent Resident 129 150 126 162 89 58 98 40 20 41 10
Total* 1440 906 807 798 343 267 207 205 167 148 115
Sub Total All Other Homelands Total* # of Homelands Total USC Enrollment % of Total USC Enrollment Represented
4480 1157 5637
923 644 1567
5403 1801 7204 135** 33389
33389
33389
16.9
4.7
21.6
Source: Office of the Registrar. * The total excludes students on OPT and attending USCLA. ** In total, 135 homelands were represented on campus. Non-immigrant International students represented 110, while 25 homelands were represented exclusively by U.S. permanent resident students.
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Table 8.1
Top Ten Study Programs of Undergraduate International Students, Fall 2006
Major & Degree Objective Business Administration, BS Accounting, BS Undecided (The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences), BA Economics, BA Unclassifiable (Undergraduate Visitor) International Relations, BA Electrical Engineering, BS Communication, BA Architecture, BARCH Psychology, BA Students 494 129 83 80 72 71 60 43 34 33
Total Percentage of Total (1528) International Undergraduates
1099
72.9
Source: Office of the Registrar.
Table 8.2
Top Ten Departments and Degree Programs Graduate International Students, Fall 2006
Major & Degree Objective Computer Science, MS Electrical Engineering, MS Electrical Engineering, PHD Master of Business Administration, MBA Computer Science, PHD Law, LLM Chemistry, PHD Engineering Management, MS Biomedical Engineering, PHD Physics, PHD Students 561 508 221 211 170 79 68 59 55 55
Total Percentage of Total (4109) International Graduates Source: Office of the Registrar.
1987
48.4
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Chart 9.1
Regional Distribution of All International Students, Fall 2006
() Represents number of homelands represented
Students 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Asia (22) Europe (36) Middle East (11) North Latin America America (2) (20) Africa (14) Oceania (2) 510 318 255 155 53 50 4289
Source: Office of the Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS).
Chart 9.2
Asian Enrollment by Region
() Represents numbers of homelands represented
Students 2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0 East Asia (7) South/Central Asia (7) Southeast Asia (8)
Source: Office of the Registrar. * Excludes students on OPT and attending USCLA.
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Table 10.1
International Degree Student Enrollment by Schools, Fall 2006*
School Viterbi School of Engineering College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Marshall School of Business Keck School of Medicine Leventhal School of Accounting School of Policy, Planning & Development Annenberg School for Communication Rossier School of Education School of Dentistry Thornton School of Music School of Cinematic Arts School of Law School of Architecture School of Pharmacy School of Social Work School of Fine Arts School of Theatre Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Undergraduate 223 425 501 14 129 7 55 0 3 20 18 0 35 0 0 11 12 3 Graduate 2,151 546 265 191 33 152 101 120 97 78 79 91 19 50 28 3 1 6 Total 2,374 971 766 205 162 159 156 120 100 98 97 91 54 50 28 14 13 9
Source: Office of the Registrar. * Listed number does not include visiting scholars, post-doctoral students, or dual degree program students
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Table 11.1
International Student Enrollment* of Selected Research Universities Fall 2006
Int'l Students Overall Enrollment % of Overall Enrollment
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Univ. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign New York University Purdue University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Texas at Austin Columbia University Harvard University Texas A & M University University of Pennsylvania Ohio State University-Main Campus Michigan State University Boston University Indiana University-Bloomington University of Wisconsin-Madison SUNY at Buffalo Stanford University University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Florida Cornell University Penn State-University Park Arizona State University Univ. of California-Los Angeles Univ. of Maryland-College Park Wayne State University University of Houston University of Arizona
5,637 5,146 4,935 4,824 4,688 4,560 4,251 3,821 3,739 3,654 3,650 3,526 3,484 3,394 3,353 3,306 3,283 3,265 3,246 3,224 3,138 3,116 3,102 3,020 2,949 2,505 2,297
33,389 41,342 40,870 39,228 40,025 49,697 24,947 20,042 45,380 19,771 51,818 45,520 31,574 38,247 41,466 27,823 15,703 50,402 51,520 19,639 42,039 55,067 38,218 35,102 32,982 34,329 36,805
16.9% 12.4% 12.1% 12.3% 11.7% 9.2% 17.0% 19.1% 8.2% 18.5% 7.0% 7.7% 11.0% 8.9% 8.1% 11.9% 20.9% 6.5% 6.3% 16.4% 7.5% 5.7% 8.1% 8.6% 8.9% 7.3% 6.2%
Source: University of Texas Annual Survey * The listed data do not include students who are solely enrolled in intensive English programs or are on Optional Practical Training (OPT).
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Table 12.1
Fall 2006 USC International Students by Homelands
Homeland Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chile China, Hong Kong China, PRC Colombia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Region S.America E.Europe Oceania W.Europe Caribbean Middle East S.C.Asia E.Europe W.Europe C.America N.America S.America E.Europe S.America E.Europe W.Africa S.E.Asia C.Africa N.America S.America E.Asia E.Asia S.America C.America W.Africa E.Europe Middle East E.Europe C.Africa W.Europe Caribbean S.America N.Africa C.America E.Africa W.Europe W.Europe E.Europe W.Europe W.Africa W.Europe S.America C.America E.Europe W.Europe S.C.Asia S.E.Asia Middle East Undergraduate 4 0 23 3 2 1 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 21 4 0 2 1 127 2 149 78 4 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 10 0 15 0 2 0 1 8 0 112 122 2 Graduate 9 1 11 3 1 1 10 1 5 0 1 1 3 23 17 0 0 0 121 5 51 657 9 0 1 3 9 1 0 3 2 0 7 3 0 4 22 0 24 4 20 0 0 3 4 1,185 24 105 Other 3 1 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 0 0 40 1 54 208 5 3 0 1 5 1 0 10 0 0 3 2 1 1 17 1 8 0 7 1 0 5 0 411 38 21 Total 16 2 44 7 3 3 16 2 8 2 1 2 3 53 25 1 2 1 288 8 254 943 18 3 1 4 17 8 1 14 3 3 12 5 1 6 49 1 47 4 29 1 1 16 4 1,708 184 128
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Homeland Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Myanmar (formerly Burma) Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montnegro Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland
Region W.Europe Middle East W.Europe Caribbean E.Asia Middle East S.C.Asia E.Africa Middle East S.C.Asia E.Europe Middle East E.Europe W.Europe E.Asia E.Africa S.E.Asia W.Europe E.Africa C.America E.Europe W.Europe E.Asia N.Africa S.E.Asia S.C.Asia W.Europe Oceania C.America W.Africa W.Europe S.C.Asia C.America S.America S.America S.E.Asia E.Europe W.Europe E.Europe E.Europe Middle East W.Africa S.E.Europe S.E.Asia E.Europe E.Europe S.Africa E.Asia W.Europe S.C.Asia W.Europe W.Europe
Undergraduate 0 6 7 1 48 5 18 0 19 0 2 2 1 0 9 0 35 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 2 0 14 4 1 1 14 11 6 2 8 7 1 3 58 2 1 4 178 2 4 3 3
Graduate 2 18 19 0 113 7 10 6 6 1 1 12 0 0 1 1 11 1 0 14 3 1 1 2 1 4 2 8 0 11 4 32 2 0 6 3 8 5 16 29 17 0 4 12 0 2 6 439 14 4 6 4
Other 1 4 14 0 60 2 1 1 5 0 2 6 0 1 4 0 13 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 3 11 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 8 18 0 1 12 0 0 2 177 9 4 2 2
Total 3 28 40 1 221 14 29 7 30 1 5 20 1 1 14 1 59 1 1 30 3 2 2 3 8 5 9 9 1 15 7 57 7 1 8 22 21 13 19 45 42 1 8 82 2 3 12 794 25 12 11 9
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Homeland Syria Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe
Region Middle East E.Asia S.E.Asia Caribbean N.Africa Middle East E.Europe Middle East W.Europe S.America S.C.Asia S.America S.E.Asia E.Africa
Undergraduate 0 99 24 5 1 22 1 4 58 1 0 3 12 0
Graduate 1 575 81 0 0 66 9 2 43 3 0 2 8 1
Other 0 294 31 1 1 11 0 1 28 0 1 2 7 0
Total 1 968 136 6 2 99 10 7 129 4 1 7 27 1
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OIS Staff
Executive Director, Associate Dean of Students Dixon C. Johnson
Student and Scholar Services
Senior Associate Director Judy Hartwich Associate Director Laurie Cox Assistant Director Esther Lee International Student Advisor Becky Peterson Office Manager Dolores Montes Senior Immigration Advisor Sumaiya Mamun SEVIS Liaison Sam Nahidi Exchange Visitor Program Coordinator Zachary Williams Immigration Advisor Tina Nguyen Information Specialists Trevin Barnes, Nancy Gomez File Coordinator/Immigration Aide Gwendolyn Crowe
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Faculty / Staff Visa Services
Director, Faculty/Staff Visa Services Cheryl Gilman Faculty/Staff Visa Specialists Joan Cerera, Iran Carranza
Paraprofessional Staff
English Language Program Coordinator John Hofmann Publications Editor Nancy Weiner Web Developer Gaurav Oswal Student Staff Lien Bui, Lien-Fang Chen, Aishwarya Jayanth, Winnie Lai, Scott Reding, Sarah Tallentire International Program Assistants Bobby Kim, Ji-Hyun Lee, Chen Chen Wu, Michael Ronald Weku, Yiu-Ni Chen, Younghak Lee
Office of International Services
Student Union 300 University Park Campus University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0899 MC 0899 Tel: (213)740-2666 http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/OIS/ 16