Mark J. Miceli International Student Systems Administrator, Editor

Prepared by: Boston College Office of the Dean for Student Development Office of International Students and Scholars 21 Campanella Way, Suite 249 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 552-8005 Office of International Students and Scholars Staff Adrienne Nussbaum Director, Office of International Student and Scholars Assistant Dean, Office of the Dean for Student Development Mark J. Miceli International Student Systems Administrator, Editor Susan Shea International Student Advisor

Table of Contents Overview of International Population for the Academic Year 2003-2004 3 Overview of International Population by Region 4 Detailed Information about the International Undergraduate Population 5 School 5 Academic Level 5 Visa Classification 5 Gender 5 Field of Study 5 Detailed Information about the International Graduate Population 6-7 School 6 Visa Classification 6 Gender 6 Degree 6 Field of Study 7 Countries Represented by the International Student Population 8-9 Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population 10 Information on Students who are Undertaking a Period of Practical Training 11 Information on International Faculty and Research Scholars 12 Information on Dependents of International Students, Faculty and Research Scholars 13 Twenty-two Year Summary of International Population at Boston College 14

International Overview 3 Boston College International Population 2003-2004 Undergraduate Students 227 Graduate Students 504 Total Enrolled Students 731 Practical Training 112 Faculty & Research Scholars 137 Dependents 100 Grand Total 1080 Boston College International Population Undergraduate Students, 227, 21% Dependents, 100, 9% Faculty & Research Scholars, 137, 13% Practical Training, 112, 10% Graduate Students, 504, 47%

International Population by Region 4 International Population by Region Region Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Practical Training Faculty& Scholars Dependents Total Total in Percentage Africa 5 31 6 6 3 51 4.72% Asia 68 250 46 40 63 467 43.24% Canada 16 42 7 5 5 75 6.94% Caribbean 10 5 1 0 2 18 1.67% Europe 88 91 24 79 13 295 27.31% Mexico, Central & South America 26 34 11 0 10 81 7.50% Middle East 6 43 14 5 2 70 6.48% Oceania & Australia 8 8 3 2 2 23 2.13% Grand Total 227 504 112 137 100 1080 International Population by Region Mexico, Central & South America, 7.50% Middle East, 6.48% Oceania & Australia, 2.13% Africa, 4.72% Europe, 27.31% Asia, 43.24% Caribbean, 1.67% Canada, 6.94%

Undergraduate International Students 5 Undergraduate International & Exchange Students School Year Visa Type * Gender Carroll School of Management 83 Freshmen 52 A-1 1 Female 107 College of Arts & Sciences 61 Sophomores 21 E-1 1 Male 120 Exchange Students 70 Juniors 43 F-1 214 A&S 35 Seniors 34 G-4 1 CSOM 28 Exchange Students 70 J-1 6 LSOE 7 Visiting Students 7 L-2 4 Lynch School of Education 5 * For Visa Description, Woods College of Advancing Studies 8 see below. Total 227 227 227 227 Field of Study ACCOUNTING 9 HUMAN RES MGT 3 ACCT/INF TECH 1 INFO SYSTEMS 2 AMER STUDIES 1 LINGUISTICS 1 BIOLOGY 8 MANAGEMENT 34 CLASSICS 2 MARKETING 11 COMMUNICATION 7 MATHEMATICS 2 COMP SCI B.S. 1 MUSIC 1 COMP SCI-CSOM 1 OPER/TECH MGT 3 EARLY CHILDHD 1 PHILOSOPHY 3 ECONOMICS 13 PHYSICS 3 ECONOMICS-SOM 7 POLI SCIENCE 17 ELEMENTARY ED 1 PSYCHOLOGY 12 ENGLISH 7 RL-FRENCH 2 FINANCE 33 SOCIOLOGY 7 GENERAL MGMT 7 THEOLOGY 1 HISTORY 7 UNCLASSIFIED 17 HUMAN DEVLPMT 2 Total 227 *A-1: Diplomat & their immediate family E-1: Relative of treaty investor F-1: Student G-4: Relative of employee of international organization H-1: Temporary worker H-4: Dependent of H-1, H-2, or H-3 employee J-1: Exchange visitor L-2: Relative of intracompany transferee R-1: Temporary religious worker

Graduate International Students 6 Graduate International & Exchange Students School Visa Type Carroll Graduate School of Management 140 F-1 434 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 6 See page 5 for visa type G-4 1 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 204 descriptions H-1 7 Graduate Exchange Students 6 H-4 1 CGSOM 2 J-1 59 GA&S 1 R-1 2 LAW 3 Graduate School of Social Work 9 Total 504 Law School 16 Lynch Graduate School of Education 79 Gender UME Teacher Education Institute 21 Female 261 UME Wider Horizons Program 19 Male 243 Woods College of Advanced Graduate Studies 4 Total 504 Total 504 Degree Carroll Graduate School of Management Graduate School of Social Work M.B.A. 36 M.S.W. 9 M.S.A. 42 sum 9 M.S.F. 36 Law School Ph.D. 26 J.D. 16 sum 140 sum 16 Connell Graduate School of Nursing Lynch Graduate School of Education M.A. 3 M.A. 29 Ph.D. 3 M.A.T. 1 sum 6 M.Ed. 17 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences C.A.E.S. 1 M.A. 20 Ph.D. 31 M.S. 4 sum 79 Ph.D. 180 Woods College of sum 204 Advanced Graduate Studies Graduate Non-Degree/Exchange Students M.S. 4 Non-Degree/ Exchange 46 sum 4 sum 46 Total 504 Total Degrees C.A.E.S. 1 M.S. 89 J.D. 16 M.S.W. 9 M.A. 49 M.A.T. 1 M.B.A. 36 Non-Degree/Exchange 46 M.Ed. 17 Ph.D. 240 Total 504

Graduate International Students 7 Field of Study ACCOUNTING 42 ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES 4 APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 9 BIOLOGY 6 CHEMISTRY 20 CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK 4 COPPA 5 COUNSELING 26 CURRICULUM /INSTRUCTION 15 ECONOMICS 60 ED RES/MS/EVL 10 EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 3 ENGLISH 4 FINANCE 57 GEOLOGY 1 GEOPHYSICS 2 GRADUATE NURSING 6 HIGHER EDUCATION 9 HISTORY 3 LAW 19 LINGUISTICS 2 MANAGEMENT 36 MATHEMATICS 1 NON DEGREE 40 ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES 5 PASTORAL MINISTRY 4 PHILOSOPHY 14 PHYSICS 31 POLITICAL SCIENCE 14 PSYCHOLOGY 5 RELIGION & EDUCATION 12 RL-FRENCH 3 RL-HISP STUDY 5 ROMANCE LITERATURE 1 RUSSIAN 2 SCHOOL LEADERSHIP 3 SLAVIC STUDIES 1 SOCIOLOGY 5 THEOLOGY 15 Total 504

International Students by Country 8 Boston College Undergraduate and Graduate Students by Country Undergraduate Graduate Student Undergraduate Graduate Student Country Students Students Total Country Students Students Total Algeria 0 1 1 Korea South 30 24 54 Argentina 1 4 5 Kuwait 0 3 3 Armenia 0 3 3 Laos 0 1 1 Australia 8 8 16 Latvia 0 1 1 Azerbaijan 1 0 1 Lebanon 0 2 2 Bahamas 1 0 1 Liberia 1 0 1 Bangladesh 0 1 1 Malawi 0 1 1 Belarus 0 1 1 Malaysia 1 0 1 Bermuda 0 1 1 Mexico 0 5 5 Bolivia 1 0 1 Moldova 0 1 1 Brazil 7 4 11 Mongolia 0 1 1 Bulgaria 2 9 11 Morocco 0 2 2 Canada 16 42 58 Nepal 0 5 5 Cayman Islands 1 0 1 Netherlands 11 1 12 Chile 2 5 7 Nigeria 0 3 3 China 3 128 131 Norway 2 0 2 Colombia 1 4 5 Pakistan 1 0 1 Costa Rica 0 1 1 Panama 2 1 3 Czech Republic 0 3 3 Paraguay 1 0 1 Denmark 7 0 7 Peru 0 5 5 Dominican Republic 3 1 4 Philippines 3 5 8 Ecuador 2 1 3 Romania 0 2 2 Egypt 1 3 4 Russia 2 7 9 El Salvador 1 1 2 Rwanda 0 1 1 Estonia 0 1 1 Saudi Arabia 2 1 3 Ethiopia 0 1 1 Singapore 6 2 8 Finland 1 0 1 Slovakia 0 1 1 France 17 8 25 Slovenia 0 1 1 Gaza Strip 0 1 1 South Africa 1 2 3 Germany 9 1 10 Spain 8 5 13 Ghana 0 1 1 Sweden 2 1 3 Greece 3 1 4 Switzerland 0 1 1 Guatemala 2 0 2 Taiwan 3 18 21 Haiti 2 0 2 Tanzania 0 1 1 Hong Kong* 5 0 5 Thailand 0 7 7 Hungary 1 0 1 Trinidad & Tobago 1 0 1 Iceland 1 1 2 Tunisia 0 1 1 India 7 28 35 Turkey 1 19 20 Indonesia 2 3 5 Uganda 1 7 8 Ireland 5 12 17 Ukraine 1 3 4 Israel 2 7 9 United Kingdom 12 12 24 Italy 3 14 17 Uzbekistan 0 1 1 Jamaica 2 3 5 Venezuela 6 3 9 Japan 6 21 27 Vietnam 1 4 5 Jordan 1 5 6 West Bank 0 5 5 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 Yugoslavia 0 1 1 Kenya 1 5 6 Zimbabwe 0 2 2 0 Grand Total of Undergraduate and Graduate Students 731 Total Number of Countries Represented 94 *Hong Kong remains as a classified country for statistical reporting by the Institute of International Education

Countries Having the Largest Student Population 9 Countries Having the Largest Student Population at Boston College Countries 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98* 99-00 00-01* 03-04 People's Republic of China 47 55 68 65 58 45 38 47 47 70 79 131 Canada 30 40 49 52 51 53 45 44 45 48 59 58 South Korea 16 17 14 20 22 56 52 50 46 63 62 54 India 17 21 21 35 32 32 31 34 32 33 35 35 Japan 21 28 30 39 45 43 30 23 31 32 35 27 France 10 5 10 14 17 18 16 20 16 32 29 25 United Kingdom 8 11 13 17 23 16 17 18 18 31 26 24 Taiwan 10 12 8 9 12 13 5 9 7 13 10 21 Turkey 12 16 23 27 28 23 24 25 31 33 29 20 Ireland 20 14 17 21 21 18 13 12 13 15 16 17 Italy 9 11 7 9 10 9 12 13 17 19 19 17 Australia 13 13 9 14 18 14 11 16 12 17 12 16 Spain 16 21 28 32 32 23 16 15 18 12 19 13 Netherlands 7 8 7 4 7 8 7 5 5 7 5 12 *No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003

Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population 10 Undergraduate Students School 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98* 99-00 00-01 01-02* 03-04 A&S 128 145 133 112 103 91 96 98 87 61 CSOM 164 207 201 184 181 162 139 119 86 82 CSON 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 LSOE 6 9 7 8 7 9 8 7 6 5 Non Degree/ 4 6 13 26 30 27 60 53 64 70 Exchange WCASU 7 2 13 2 5 3 1 4 5 9 Subtotal 309 370 368 332 326 292 304 282 249 227 Graduate Students School 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98* 99-00 00-01 01-02* 03-04 CGSOM 82 90 96 85 79 93 124 131 122 140 Ph.D. 0 0 12 11 14 16 21 24 30 26 M.B.A. 48 47 58 49 44 45 56 59 55 36 M.S.A.** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 42 M.S.F. 26 34 26 25 21 30 47 48 37 36 Other 8 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 CGSON 0 0 3 3 2 2 5 4 2 6 Ph.D. 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 3 M.S. 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 GA&S 261 269 195 167 159 176 217 217 219 204 Ph.D. 168 153 128 124 122 137 160 160 170 180 Master's 82 94 55 37 32 35 56 56 49 20 Other 11 22 12 6 5 4 1 1 0 4 GSSW 4 10 5 7 4 9 7 8 10 9 D.S.W. 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 M.S.W. 0 0 0 5 3 9 7 7 9 9 Law 9 6 5 4 5 8 15 21 21 16 LGSOE 0 0 55 41 40 53 83 65 68 79 Ph.D. 0 0 14 15 19 21 29 25 28 31 Master's 0 0 41 23 18 32 52 38 37 47 Other 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 3 1 Non-Degree/ 0 0 11 4 8 10 18 21 11 46 Exchange WCAGS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 Subtotal 356 375 370 311 297 351 470 467 455 504 Grand Total 665 745 738 643 623 643 774 749 704 731 *No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003 ** M.S.A. program established 2002-2003 academic year

International Practical Training Students 11 Boston College Graduates Who Are Currently Undertaking a Period of Practical Training in the United States Degree Visa Gender B.A. 6 F-1: Student 109 Female 44 B.S. 15 J-1: Exchange Visitor 3 Male 68 C.A.G.S. 1 M.A. 6 M.S. 32 M.B.A. 19 M.Ed. 1 M.S.W. 2 J.D. 6 Ph.D. 16 Other 8 Total 112 112 112 School Carroll Graduate School of Management 54 Carroll School of Management 11 College of Arts & Sciences 7 Connell School of Nursing 1 Exchange Students 7 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 17 Graduate School of Social Work 2 Law School 6 Lynch Graduate School of Education 4 Lynch School of Education 1 Woods College of Advanced Graduate Studies 1 Woods College of Advancing Studies 1 Total 112 Country Argentina 2 Lithuania 1 Australia 2 Mauritius 1 Brazil 1 Mexico 1 Bulgaria 4 Netherlands 1 Cameroon 1 New Zealand 1 Canada 7 Nigeria 2 China 14 Pakistan 1 Costa Rica 1 Panama 1 Dominican Republic 1 Peru 1 France 6 Philippines 1 Germany 2 Russia 3 Ghana 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Greece 1 Singapore 1 India 11 Slovenia 1 Indonesia 3 Taiwan 3 Ireland 2 Tanzania 1 Italy 2 Turkey 9 Japan 3 United Arab Emirates 1 Kazakhstan 1 United Kingdom 2 Korea South 7 Venezuela 4 Lebanon 3 Total 112 Total Number of Countries Represented 41

International Faculty & Research Scholars 12 International Faculty & Research Scholars School Carroll School of Management 6 College of Arts & Sciences 87 Connell School of Nursing 2 Gaelic Roots Summer Program 24 Law School 8 Lynch School of Education 10 Total 137 Visa Type By Gender B-1: Visitor for Business 12 Female 52 H-1B: Temporary Worker 47 Male 85 J-1: Exchange Visitor 78 137 137 Department BIOLOGY 6 IRISH STUDIES 1 CHEMISTRY 36 LAW 8 COMMUNICATION 1 MANAGEMENT 3 COMPUTER SCIENCE-CSOM 1 NURSING 2 CURRICULUM / INSTRUCTION 1 OPERATIONS/ TECHNOLOGY MANA 1 ECONOMICS 9 ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES 1 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH/ MEASUREM 1 PHILOSOPHY 8 EDUCATION 8 PHYSICS 7 ENGLISH 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE 1 FINANCE 2 ROMANCE LITERATURE 2 GAELIC ROOTS SUMMER PROGRAM 24 SCHOOL LEADERSHIP 1 GENERAL SCIENCE 1 SOCIOLOGY 2 THEOLOGY 8 Total 137 Country Australia 1 Japan 8 Belgium 1 Korea South 6 Bulgaria 2 Malaysia 1 Canada 5 New Zealand 1 China 13 Nigeria 2 Ethiopia 1 Philippines 1 France 7 Poland 2 Germany 5 Portugal 1 Hungary 2 Romania 1 India 10 Russia 2 Indonesia 1 South Africa 1 Iran 1 Spain 9 Ireland 26 Swaziland 1 Israel 1 Sweden 1 Italy 11 Turkey 3 Ivory Coast 1 United Kingdom 9 Total 137 Total Number of Countries Represented 32

Dependents 13 Dependents Relationship to School of primary visa holder primary visa holder Visa Type * Gender College of Arts and Sciences 16 Spouse 65 F-2 81 Female 67 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 2 Child 35 J-2 19 Male 33 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 34 Graduate School of Education 8 Graduate School of Management 33 Law School 7 Total 100 100 100 100 Country of Citizenship Argentina 1 Japan 5 Australia 2 Kazakhstan 2 Bulgaria 1 Kenya 3 Canada 5 Korea South 19 Chile 4 Mexico 2 China 29 Nepal 2 France 1 Nicaragua 2 Hong Kong 2 Philippines 1 India 3 Russia 3 Ireland 3 Turkey 1 Israel 1 Ukraine 2 Italy 1 United Kingdom 2 Jamaica 2 Venezuela 1 Total 100 Total Number of Countries Represented 26 *J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent F-2: Student Dependent

Yearly Statistics 14 International Population at Boston College by Year & by Program 1980-2004 Year Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Total Students Enrolled Practical Training Research Scholars Dependents ** Grand Total 1980-81 91 164 255 10 30 N/A 295 1981-82 136 134 270 11 61 N/A 342 1982-83 172 148 320 8 69 N/A 397 1983-84 179 141 320 9 46 N/A 375 1984-85 175 148 323 11 27 N/A 361 1985-86 164 172 336 16 19 N/A 371 1986-87 152 208 360 8 27 N/A 395 1987-88 182 238 420 14 21 N/A 455 1988-89 180 258 438 28 29 N/A 495 1989-90 178 298 476 33 36 N/A 545 1990-91 204 322 526 39 40 N/A 605 1991-92 249 343 592 52 27 N/A 671 1992-93 305 356 661 49 36 N/A 746 1993-94 364 375 739 44 43 N/A 826 1994-95 368 370 738 49 54 N/A 841 1995-96 332 311 643 73 61 N/A 777 1996-97 326 297 623 72 64 N/A 759 1997-98* 292 351 643 83 54 N/A 780 1999-2000 304 470 774 120 58 N/A 952 2000-2001 282 467 749 103 71 N/A 923 2001-2002* 249 455 704 120 80 N/A 904 2003-2004 228 504 732 112 137 100 1080 *No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003 ** Prior to 2003-2004 dependent information was not tracked