|
April 25, 2007
Table 1:
|
Student Visas Issued, 1992-2006 |
|
Fiscal Year |
Number |
Change |
|
1992 |
223,309 |
- |
|
1993 |
215,756 |
-7,553 |
|
1994 |
219,941 |
4,185 |
|
1995 |
233,840 |
13,899 |
|
1996 |
247,432 |
13,592 |
|
1997 |
273,558 |
26,126 |
|
1998 |
258,080 |
-15,478 |
|
1999 |
258,782 |
702 |
|
2000 |
290,160 |
31,378 |
|
2001 |
298,730 |
8,570 |
|
2002 |
238,438 |
-60,292 |
|
2003 |
219,852 |
-18,586 |
|
2004 |
223,715 |
3,863 |
|
2005 |
243,712 |
19,997 |
|
2006 |
281,097 |
37,385 |
|
Note: Includes visas issued to students in
academic and vocational
programs. |
|
Source: CBO, "Immigration Policy in the United
States,"
February 2006. Table 5. (1992-2003).[
PDF] |
|
State Department, "Non-immigrant Visas Issued by
Classification,"
Fiscal Years 2002-2006," Table XVI(B).(2004-2006)[PDF] |
Table 2:
|
Enrollment in U.S. Colleges and Universities,
1981-2003 |
|
|
Total |
Native |
Foreign |
Korean |
Korean as % Foreign |
|
1981 |
12,086,800 |
11,774,920 |
311,880 |
6,150 |
1.97% |
|
1991 |
13,818,600 |
13,411,070 |
407,530 |
23,360 |
5.73% |
|
2000 |
15,312,300 |
14,764,433 |
547,867 |
45,685 |
8.34% |
|
2001 |
15,928,000 |
15,345,004 |
582,996 |
49,046 |
7.84% |
|
2002 |
16,611,700 |
16,025,377 |
586,323 |
51,519 |
8.37% |
|
2003 |
16,900,500 |
16,327,991 |
572,509 |
52,484 |
9.00% |
|
|
% of total enrollment: |
|
|
1981 |
100.0% |
97.4% |
2.6% |
0.1% |
|
|
1991 |
100.0% |
97.1% |
2.9% |
0.2% |
|
|
1996 |
100.0% |
96.4% |
3.6% |
0.3% |
|
|
2001 |
100.0% |
96.3% |
3.7% |
0.3% |
|
|
2002 |
100.0% |
96.5% |
3.5% |
0.3% |
|
|
2003 |
100.0% |
96.6% |
3.4% |
0.3% |
|
|
Foreign and Korean enrollment: Digest of
Education Statistics, 2005
Table 408 |
|
Total enrollment: Digest of Education
Statistics, 2005
Table 206 |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
