Statistics International Students, Faculty & Research Scholars 2011-2012
Prepared by: Boston College Office of International Students and Scholars Maloney Hall, Suite 249 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 552-8005 www.bc.edu/oiss Office of International Students and Scholars Staff Adrienne Nussbaum Director, Office of International Students and Scholars Susan Shea Assistant Director, Office of International Students and Scholars Jonathan Estwing International Student Systems Administrator, Editor Meghan Popick International Advising Assistant
TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POPULATION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012...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 School...6 Academic Level...6 Visa Classification..6 Gender...6 Field of Study...7 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POPULATION...8 COUNTRIES HAVING THE LARGEST STUDENT POPULATION.9 TEN YEAR SUMMARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POPULATION AT BC.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-EIGHT YEAR SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL POPULATION AT BOSTON COLLEGE 14
Boston College International Population 2011-2012 International Overview 3 Undergraduate Students 509 Graduate Students 536 Total Enrolled Students 1045 Practical Training 135 Faculty & Research Scholars 189 Dependents 153 Grand Total 1522 Boston College International Population Faculty & Research Scholars, 12% Dependents, 10% Undergraduate Students, 34% Practical Training, 9% Graduate Students, 35%
International Population by Region International Population by Region 4 Region Under - graduate Students Graduate Students Practical Training Faculty& Scholars Dependents Total Total in Percentage Africa 3 26 5 1 2 37 2% Asia 223 340 82 77 87 809 53% Canada 24 22 4 7 4 61 4% Caribbean 6 8 2 1 0 17 1% Europe 167 58 18 66 23 332 22% Mexico, Central & South America 46 41 15 9 21 132 9% Middle East 8 31 8 15 15 77 5% Oceania & Australia 32 10 1 13 1 57 4% Grand Total 509 536 135 189 153 1522 100% International Population by Region Middle East, 5% Oceania & Australia, 4% Mexico, Central & South America, 9% Africa, 2% Europe, 22% Asia, 53% Caribbean, 1% Canada, 4%
Undergraduate International & Exchange Students Undergraduate International Students 5 School Year Visa Type* Gender Carroll School of Management 118 Freshmen 106 F-1 509 Female 289 College of Arts & Sciences 181 Sophomores 65 Male 220 Connell School of Nursing 2 Juniors 69 Exchange Students 201 Seniors 68 Lynch School of Education 6 Exchange Students 201 Woods College of Advancing Studies 1 * For visa description, see below. Total 509 509 509 509 Field of Study Accounting 32 Human Development 6 Art History 2 Information Systems 3 Biochemistry 6 International Studies 10 Biology 22 Law 6 Chemistry 9 Management 34 Classics 1 Management/Leadership 4 Communications 34 Marketing 29 Computer Science 5 Mathematics 9 Economics- A&S 78 Music 1 Economics - CSOM 12 Nursing 2 English 19 Operations/Technology Management 1 Environmental Geoscience 2 Philosophy 1 Finance 69 Physics 1 French 1 Political Science 48 General Management 10 Psychology 27 History 18 Sociology 5 Hispanic Studies 1 Theater Arts 1 Total 509 *Visa Descriptions: F-1: Student J-1: Exchange visitor R-1: Temporary religious worker TN: Temporary Canadian or Mexican worker
Graduate International Students Graduate International Students 6 School Visa Type Carroll Graduate School of Management 133 F-1 519 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 4 See page 5 for visa type J-1 14 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 211 descriptions R-1 1 Graduate School of Social Work 18 TN 2 Law School 17 Lynch Graduate School of Education 75 School of Theology and Ministry 57 Total 536 Woods College of Advancing Studies 21 Gender Female 237 Male 299 Total 536 Total 536 Degree Carroll Graduate School of Management Law School M.B.A. 63 J.D. 9 M.S.A. 30 LL.M. 8 M.S.F. 23 sum 17 Ph.D. 17 Lynch Graduate School of Education sum 133 M.A. 22 Connell Graduate School of Nursing M.Ed. 34 M.S. 3 C.A.E.S. 1 Ph.D. 1 Ph.D. 18 sum 4 sum 75 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences School of Theology and Ministry M.A. 17 M.A. 10 M.S. 2 C.L. 1 21 Ph.D. 192 D.T. 2 10 sum 211 F.D. 3 6 Graduate School of Social Work M.H. 4 8 M.S.W. 13 M.T.S 5 2 Ph.D. 5 sum 57 sum 18 Woods College of Advanced Graduate Studies M.S. 21 sum 21 Total Degrees 536 footnotes: 1. Licentiate in Sacred Theology 2. Doctor of Theology 3. Master of Divinity 4. Master of Theology 5. Master of Theological Studies
Graduate International Students 7 Field of Study Accounting 30 Administrative Studies 21 Applied Developmental/Educational Psychology 9 Biology 14 Chemistry 47 Clinical Social Work 4 Counseling Psychology 13 Curriculum & Instruction 30 Economics 53 Educational Research/Measure/Evaluation 7 Education/Special Student 2 Educational Administration 5 English 4 Finance 32 Geology 1 Geophysics 1 Graduate Nursing 4 Higher Education 5 History 5 Law 17 Macro Practice Social Work 9 Management 64 Mathematics 2 Organizational Studies 7 Pastoral Ministry 10 Philosophy 21 Physics 30 Political Science 8 Psychology 3 Religion and Education 4 Romance Language - French 2 Romance Language - Hispanic Studies 4 Romance Language - Italian 4 Social Work 5 Sociology 8 Theology 4 Theology/Ministry 47 Total 536
Boston College Undergraduate and Graduate Students by Country International Students by Country 8 Country Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Student Total Country Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Afghanistan 0 1 1 Japan 2 13 15 Angola 0 1 1 Jordan 0 1 1 Argentina 2 3 5 Kenya 0 3 3 Australia 30 7 37 Kuwait 1 0 1 Austria 1 0 1 Lebanon 2 2 4 Bangladesh 0 1 1 Liechtenstein 1 0 1 Bahrain 1 0 1 Malaysia 3 1 4 Belgium 1 0 1 Malta 0 2 2 Bolivia 0 2 2 Mexico 5 3 8 Brazil 10 7 17 Nepal 0 10 10 Bulgaria 1 5 6 Netherlands 9 1 10 Burundi 0 1 1 Netherlands Antilles 1 0 1 Cameroon 0 1 1 New Zealand 2 3 5 Canada 24 22 46 Nigeria 1 6 7 Chile 6 6 12 Norway 4 0 4 China 73 172 245 Pakistan 0 3 3 Colombia 2 6 8 Panama 2 0 2 Congo Democratic Republic 0 4 4 Peru 2 2 4 Cote d'ivoire 0 1 1 Philippines 5 5 10 Denmark 11 0 11 Poland 2 1 3 Dominica 0 2 2 Portugal 4 1 5 Dominican Republic 4 0 4 Romania 0 1 1 Ecuador 6 1 7 Russia 1 4 5 Egypt 0 2 2 Saudi Arabia 2 1 3 El Salvador 1 0 1 Singapore 11 14 25 Finland 2 1 3 Slovenia 1 2 3 France 21 7 28 South Africa 2 3 5 Germany 12 3 15 South Korea 101 48 149 Ghana 0 1 1 Spain 32 8 40 Greece 2 1 3 Sweden 1 0 1 Grenada 0 1 1 Switzerland 4 0 4 Guatemala 3 1 4 Syria 0 1 1 Haiti 1 0 1 Taiwan 5 10 15 Honduras 1 0 1 Tanzania 0 1 1 Hong Kong* 8 3 11 Thailand 2 9 11 Hungary 0 1 1 Trinidad & Tobago 0 2 2 India 5 34 39 Turkey 1 17 18 Indonesia 6 2 8 Uganda 0 3 3 Iran 0 5 5 United Kingdom 22 5 27 Ireland 13 1 14 Venezuela 6 10 16 Israel 1 4 5 Vietnam 2 10 12 Italy 22 14 36 Zambia 0 1 1 Jamaica 0 3 3 Zimbabwe 0 2 2 Student Total Total 509 536 1045 Countries Represented 86 *Hong Kong remains a classified country for statistical reporting by the Institute of International Education
Countries Having the Largest Student Population at Boston College Largest Student Population 9 Countries 96-97 97-98 99-00 00-01 01-02 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 China 47 47 70 79 81 131 149 131 133 127 143 157 194 245 South Korea 50 46 63 62 59 54 75 85 84 92 106 109 125 149 Canada 44 45 48 59 55 58 63 56 51 48 46 49 47 46 Spain 15 18 12 19 15 13 13 18 11 11 24 30 32 40 India 34 32 33 35 39 35 32 27 30 31 37 41 43 39 Australia 16 12 17 12 12 16 17 24 22 33 46 40 27 37 Italy 13 17 19 19 19 17 19 23 20 17 37 34 31 36 France 20 16 32 29 32 25 22 28 26 23 40 44 42 28 United Kingdom 18 18 31 26 22 24 23 24 22 15 18 20 24 27 Singapore 7 9 14 8 12 8 10 15 14 13 10 16 13 25 Turkey 25 31 33 29 25 20 21 22 23 22 21 24 29 18 Brazil 12 11 13 9 10 11 10 11 11 6 13 13 17 17 Venezuela 12 14 10 10 13 9 9 11 11 8 9 6 10 16 Taiwan 9 7 13 10 10 21 18 23 32 24 22 18 19 15 * No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003
Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population 10 Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population Undergraduate Students School 01-02 1 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 A&S 87 61 78 88 95 98 111 126 140 181 CSOM 86 82 83 84 89 79 94 109 124 118 CSON 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 LSOE 6 5 10 9 11 11 9 8 7 6 Non Degree/ 64 70 62 1002 90 91 157 178 189 201 Exchange WCASU 5 9 3 11 14 7 26 1 6 1 Subtotal 249 227 237 293 301 287 398 424 467 509 Graduate Students School 01-02 1 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 CGSOM 122 140 152 123 134 127 97 82 118 133 Ph.D. 30 26 29 28 25 25 22 17 15 17 M.B.A. 55 36 35 38 51 58 45 40 54 63 M.S.A. 3 N/A 42 44 33 34 26 10 16 21 30 M.S.F. 37 36 44 24 24 18 20 9 28 23 CGSON 2 6 4 5 3 3 5 6 8 4 Ph.D. 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 M.S. 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 5 7 3 GA&S 219 204 240 231 219 227 219 210 213 211 Ph.D. 170 180 212 202 193 198 200 190 197 192 Master's 49 20 28 29 26 29 19 20 16 19 Other 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GSSW 10 9 6 11 11 14 15 17 16 18 Ph.D. 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 5 M.S.W. 9 9 5 10 9 11 11 14 14 13 Law 21 16 17 14 14 21 27 22 24 17 J.D. 21 16 17 14 14 17 16 12 11 9 LL.M. 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 11 10 13 8 LGSOE 68 79 76 85 81 69 67 77 86 75 Ph.D. 28 31 31 29 25 28 26 28 26 18 Master's 37 47 42 55 54 39 38 47 57 56 Other 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 Non-Degree/ Exchange 11 46 50 8 6 6 7 7 11 8 0 STM5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 50 52 55 57 D.T. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 7 8 10 Master's N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 23 15 11 20 C.L. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 24 25 21 F.D. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 6 5 6 WCAS 2 4 5 8 7 15 14 16 22 21 Subtotal 455 504 550 485 475 483 501 493 550 536 Grand Total 704 731 787 778 776 770 899 917 1017 1045 7 footnotes: 1. No information available for 2002-2003 2. Increase was partially due to inclusion of spring semester students starting this year 3. M.S.A. program established 2002-2003 academic year 4. LL.M. program established 2007-2008 academic year 5. STM created June 1, 2008, when the former Weston Jesuit School of Theology and IREPM merged 6. Decrease was largely due to absence of 43 summer visiting students 7. From 2011-2012, all exchange students are now counted as undergraduates
International Practical Training Students 11 Boston College Graduates Who Are Currently Undertaking a Period of Practical Training in the United States Degree Received Visa Gender B.A. 10 F-1: Student 135 Female 74 B.S. 15 Male 61 J.D. 5 LL.M. 9 M.A. 11 M.S. 39 M.B.A. 13 M.Ed. 4 M.S.W. 3 Ph.D. 21 Non-Degree 5 Total 135 135 135 School Carroll Graduate School of Management 45 Carroll School of Management 11 College of Arts & Sciences 14 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 20 Graduate School of Nursing 2 Graduate School of Social Work 3 Law School 14 Lynch Graduate School of Education 13 School of Theology and Ministry 4 University Exchange 5 Woods College of Advancing Studies 4 Total 135 Country Australia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Bahrain 1 Mauritius 1 Belgium 1 Mexico 4 Brazil 2 Nepal 3 Canada 4 Pakistan 1 Chile 2 Peru 1 China 40 Philippines 3 Dominican Republic 1 Rwanda 1 Ecuador 1 Serbia 1 El Salvador 1 Slovenia 1 France 2 South Africa 1 Germany 2 South Korea 14 Ghana 1 Spain 2 Greece 1 Sweden 1 Guatemala 1 Switzerland 1 Hong Kong 2 Taiwan 3 India 9 Thailand 2 Indonesia 3 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Iran 1 Turkey 5 Ireland 3 Uganda 1 Italy 2 United Kingdom 1 Japan 1 Venezuela 3 Jordan 1 Total 135 Countries Represented 22
International Faculty & Research Scholars International Faculty & Research Scholars 12 Schools and Colleges Centers, Institutes and Offices Carroll School of Management 23 Athletics 1 College of Arts and Sciences 106 Boisi Center 2 Connell School of Nursing 1 Center for Corporate Citizenship 1 Graduate School of Social Work 5 Center for International Human Rights and Justice 1 Law School 4 Center for Retirement Research 2 Lynch School of Education 13 Energy Research Center 1 School of Theology & Ministry 10 Information Techonology 7 Institute for Scientific Research 2 Irish Programs 1 Jesuit Institute 2 Lonergan Institute 5 Student Formation 1 University Counseling 1 Total 189 Visa Type By Gender B-1: Visitor for Business 20 Female 65 H-1B: Temporary Worker 66 Male 124 J-1: Exchange Visitor 103 189 189 Department Accounting 1 Law 4 Athletics 1 Management 10 Biology 17 Marketing 4 Center for Retirement Research 1 Mathematics 7 Chemistry 23 Music 1 Children and Society 1 Nursing 1 Computer Science 1 Organization Studies 7 Couseling 1 Pastoral Ministry 1 Curriculum and Instruction 1 Philosophy 13 Economics 8 Physics 23 Educational Research 5 Politcal Science 3 Energy Research 1 Psychology 6 English 1 Religious Research 1 Finance 2 Reitrement Research 1 Geology 1 Romance Languages 3 Geology and Geophysics 1 Scientific Computation 1 Higher Education 7 Social Work 3 Human Rights Research 1 Sociology 3 Information Technology 7 Student Formation 1 Institute for Scientific Research 1 Theology 13 Irish Studies 1 Total 189 Country Australia 13 Kuwait 1 Austria 2 Lebanon 1 Barbados 1 Malaysia 1 Belgium 1 Mexico 2 Brazil 6 Netherlands 3 Bulgaria 2 Norway 1 Canada 7 Poland 1 Chile 1 Russia 2 China 50 Saudi Arabia 1 Denmark 2 Serbia 1 France 7 Singapore 1 Germany 7 South Korea 5 Greece 1 Spain 17 India 7 Sri Lanka 1 Iran 1 Switzerland 2 Ireland 4 Taiwan 5 Israel 3 Turkey 8 Italy 11 Ukraine 1 Japan 5 United Kingdom 3 Kenya 1 Total 189 Total Number of Countries Represented 39
Dependents Dependents 13 Relationship to School of Primary Visa Holder Primary Visa Holder Visa Type* Gender Boisi Center 1 Spouse 105 F-2 95 Female 115 Carroll School of Management 41 Child 48 J-2 58 Male 38 Carroll Graduate School of Management 1 Center for Corporate Citizenship 3 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 65 Graduate School of Social Work 12 Institute for Scientific Research 1 Irish Programs 1 Law School 8 Lonergan Institute 4 Lynch Graduate School of Education 15 School of Theology and Ministry 1 Total 153 153 153 153 Country of Citizenship Afghanistan 3 Ireland 1 Argentina 2 Israel 4 Australia 1 Italy 3 Bangladesh 2 Japan 6 Brazil 3 Mexico 3 Canada 4 Nepal 10 Chile 6 Philippines 1 China 36 Saudi Arabia 9 Colombia 5 Singapore 2 Denmark 1 South Africa 1 Finland 4 South Korea 21 France 1 Spain 10 Germany 2 Switzerland 1 Ghana 1 Taiwan 3 India 3 Turkey 1 Iran 1 Venezuela 2 153 Total Number of Countries Represented 32 *F-2: Student Dependent J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent
International Population at Boston College by Year & by Program 1983-2012 Yearly Statistics 14 Total Undergraduate Graduate Students Practical Research 2 Year Students Students Enrolled Training Scholars Dependents Grand Total 1983-1984 179 141 320 9 46 N/A 375 1984-1985 175 148 323 11 27 N/A 361 1985-1986 164 172 336 16 19 N/A 371 1986-1987 152 208 360 8 27 N/A 395 1987-1988 182 238 420 14 21 N/A 455 1988-1989 180 258 438 28 29 N/A 495 1989-1990 178 298 476 33 36 N/A 545 1990-1991 204 322 526 39 40 N/A 605 1991-1992 249 343 592 52 27 N/A 671 1992-1993 305 356 661 49 36 N/A 746 1993-1994 364 375 739 44 43 N/A 826 1994-1995 368 370 738 49 54 N/A 841 1995-1996 332 311 643 73 61 N/A 777 1996-1997 326 297 623 72 64 N/A 759 1997-19981 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 2001-20021 249 455 704 120 80 N/A 904 2003-2004 228 504 732 112 137 100 1080 2004-2005 237 550 787 106 142 98 1133 2005-2006 293 485 778 154 130 88 1150 2006-2007 301 475 776 131 134 91 1132 2007-2008 287 483 770 129 125 106 1130 2008-2009 398 501 899 123 129 125 1276 2009-2010 424 493 917 105 135 126 1283 2010-2011 467 550 1017 110 160 142 1429 2011-2012 509 536 1046 135 189 153 1522 footnotes: 1. No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003. 2. Prior to 2003-2004 dependent information was not tracked.
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