Office of International Services Student Affairs International Student Enrollment Report academic year 2007-2008
1.0 Summary of International Students* at the University of Southern California for Fall 2007 Table 1.1 Total Number of International Students Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change Undergraduate 1399 1456-03.91 Graduate 4229 4014 +05.36 Other** 1561 1645-05.12 Total 7189 7115 +01.04 Sources: Office of Academic Records and Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) for the Other Category Chart 1.1 Total Number of International Students Total: 7189 2
Table 1.2 Compositon of Other Category Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change Visitors*** 183 167 +09.58 Optional Practical Training**** 1235 1299-04.93 USC Language Academy 143 179-20.11 Total 1561 1645-05.11 Sources: OIS and University of Southern California Language Academy (USCLA). Definitions of Terms * 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. ** Other category includes include visitors, USC Language Academy students, and students engaged in Optional Practical Training (OPT). *** Visitors are enrolled students not in degree programs. Visitors consist of 72 and 82 Undergraduate Visitor (UV) and 95 and 101 Graduate Visitor (GV) students for Fall 2006 and Fall 2007, 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. 3
2.0 International Student Enrollment Academic Level Distribution for Fall 2007 Table 2.1 Degree-Seeking International Students by Academic Level Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change Freshman 280 340-17.65 Sophomore 348 305 +14.09 Junior 354 363-02.48 Senior 417 448-06.92 Masters 2572 2348 +09.54 Doctoral 1574 1600-01.63 Professional 83 66 +25.76 Total 5628 5470 +02.89 Sources: Office of Academic Records and Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) Chart 2.1 Academic Level Distribution for Degree Seeking Students Total: 5628 4
3.0 International Student Enrollment by Schools for Fall 2007 Table 3.1 International Student Enrollment by School School Undergraduate Graduate Total Annenberg School of Communication 56 115 171 College of Letters, Arts & Sciences 419 569 988 Davis School of Gerontology 2 7 9 Gould School of Law 0 94 94 Keck School of Medicine 10 200 210 Leventhal School of Accounting 114 40 154 Marshall School of Business 491 303 794 Roski School of Fine Arts 13 1 14 Rossier School of Education 0 93 93 School of Architecture 38 32 70 School of Cinematic Arts 24 91 115 School of Dentistry 3 103 106 School of Pharmacy 0 58 58 School of Policy, Planning & Development 8 148 156 School of Social Work 0 27 27 School of Theatre 10 3 13 Thornton School of Music 14 71 85 Viterbi School of Engineering 197 2273 2470 Source: Office of Registrar Listed number does not include visiting scholars, post doctoral students, or dual degree program students. 5
4.0 International Student Gender Composition for Fall 2007 Table 4.1 Comparison of Gender Composition for Fall 2007 and Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change Males 4420 4353 +01.54 Females 2769 2762 +00.25 Sources: Office of Academic Records and Registrar Chart 4.1 Fall 2007 Gender Composition for Total International Students Table 4.2 Comparison of Gender Composition by Academic Level Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change Undergraduate Males 772 803-03.86 Undergraduate Females 627 653-03.98 Graduate Males 2747 2580 +06.47 Graduate Females 1482 1434 +03.35 Other Males 901 970-07.11 Other Females 660 675-02.22 Sources: Office of Academic Records and Registrar and Office of International Services (OIS) for Other Category 6 Total: 7189
Chart 4.2 Undergraduate Level Comparison of Gender Composition for Fall 2007 Chart 4.3 Graduate Level Comparison of Gender Composition for Fall 2007 Total: 1399 Total: 4229 7
5.0 International Students within the Total USC Student Enrollment for Fall 2007 Table 5.1 Total of International Students as a Proportion of Student Enrollment Int l Student USC Students % Int l Students Undergraduate 1399 16,091 08.69 Graduate 4229 16,071 26.31 Visitors* 183 1246 14.69 Total 5811 33,408 17.39 Sources: Office of Academic Records and Registrar and OIS *Visitors are enrolled students not in a degree program. Chart 5.1 Total of International Students as a Proportion of Student Enrollment 27,597 14,692 11,842 183 1246 1,399 4,229 5,811 Non international Students International Students 8
Table 5.2 Percent of International Students within USC Student Population 8.69% 26.31% 14.69% 17.39% 91.31% 73.69% 85.31% 82.61% Table 5.3 15 Years of International Student Enrollment (Fall 1993-Fall 2007) Source: OIS Enrollment Reports for years listed. Data prior to 2001 included Language Academy students, but not thereafter. 9
6.0 Top Ten Places of Origin of International Student Enrollment for Fall 2007 and Fall 2006 Table 6.1 Top Ten Places of Origin of All International Students Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change India 1545 1311 +17.85 China, PRC 849 756 +12.30 Taiwan 589 681-13.51 South Korea 649 636 +02.04 Canada 254 254 0 China, Hong Kong 195 209-06.70 Japan 158 164-04.24 Indonesia 127 147-13.61 United Kingdom 100 107-06.54 Thailand 99 105-05.71 Total 4565 4375 +04.34 Total of All Int l Students 5811 5637 +03.09 % of Top Ten Countries 78.56% 77.61% Source: Office of Academic Records and Registrar Total reflects all enrolled degree students and non-degree visitors, but excludes USC Language Academy students. Chart 6.1 Top Ten Places of Origin of All International Students 10
7.0 Top Ten Places of Origin of New International Student Enrollment for Fall 2007 and Fall 2006 Table 7.1 Top Ten Places of Origin of New International Students Fall 2007 Fall 2006 % Change India 630 586 +07.50 China, PRC 323 276 +17.03 Taiwan 206 298-30.87 South Korea 203 211-03.79 Canada 81 86-05.81 Japan 74 65 +13.85 China, Hong Kong 63 76-17.11 Indonesia 39 40-02.50 Thailand 37 39-05.12 United Kingdom 34 32 +06.25 Total 1690 1709-01.11 Total of New Int l Students 2058 2115-02.70 % of Top Ten Countries 82.12 80.80 Source: Office of Academic Records and Registrar Total reflects all enrolled degree students and non-degree visitors, but excludes USC Language Academy students. Chart 7.1 Top Ten Places of Origin of New International Students 11
8.0 International Students by Place of Origin for Fall 2007 Place of Origin Undergraduate Graduate Visitors Language Academy OPT Total Angola 1 0 0 0 0 1 Argentina 4 10 0 0 2 16 Armenia 0 0 0 0 1 1 Australia 23 11 5 0 5 44 Austria 1 4 0 0 2 7 Bahamas 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bahrain 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bangladesh 6 6 0 0 2 14 Belarus 0 0 0 0 1 1 Belgium 3 3 0 0 2 8 Belize 3 1 0 0 0 4 Bermuda 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bolivia 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 1 0 0 1 2 Brazil 18 25 2 0 6 51 Bulgaria 2 19 1 0 2 24 Burkina Faso 0 2 0 0 0 2 Cambodia 2 0 0 0 1 3 Cameroon 1 0 0 0 0 1 Canada 118 130 6 0 46 300 Chile 2 6 0 0 0 8 China, Hong Kong 143 44 8 0 41 236 China, PRC 85 744 20 11 170 1030 Colombia 2 10 0 2 1 15 Congo/Zaire 1 0 0 0 0 1 Costa Rica 1 2 0 0 0 3 Cote d Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 0 1 0 0 0 1 Croatia 1 4 0 0 0 5 Cyprus 1 10 0 0 0 11 12
Place of Origin Undergraduate Graduate Visitors Language Academy OPT Total Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 2 5 Denmark 1 2 11 0 1 15 Dominican Republic 1 1 0 0 1 3 Ecuador 2 0 0 0 0 2 Egypt 3 5 0 0 2 10 El Salvador 0 2 1 0 2 5 Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 1 Finland 2 3 1 0 0 6 France 8 18 6 1 9 42 Georgia 0 1 0 0 0 1 Germany 17 27 6 0 6 56 Ghana 0 2 0 0 1 3 Greece 1 20 0 0 6 27 Guatemala 0 1 0 0 0 1 Honduras 1 0 1 0 0 2 Hungary 6 1 6 1 3 17 Iceland 0 2 0 0 2 4 India 114 1418 13 0 397 1942 Indonesia 104 23 0 0 37 164 Iran 2 89 2 2 13 108 Iraq 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ireland 0 2 0 0 0 2 Israel 4 14 1 0 4 23 Italy 8 20 11 0 4 43 Jamaica 1 0 0 0 0 1 Japan 47 110 1 16 31 205 Jordan 5 8 0 0 1 14 Kazakhstan 18 10 0 0 1 29 Kenya 0 3 1 0 2 6 Kuwait 22 4 0 1 1 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 0 0 0 1 Latvia 5 0 1 1 1 8 Lebanon 1 10 1 0 4 16 13
Place of Origin Undergraduate Graduate Visitors Language Academy OPT Total Libya 0 0 0 8 0 8 Lithuania 1 0 0 0 0 1 Macau 4 0 0 0 4 8 Malawi 0 0 0 0 1 1 Malaysia 19 16 1 0 17 53 Mali 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mauritius 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mexico 12 15 2 0 3 32 Moldova 0 2 0 0 1 3 Monaco 0 1 0 0 0 1 Mongolia 2 0 0 0 0 2 Morocco 2 1 1 0 1 5 Myanmar (Burma) 3 1 0 0 2 6 Nepal 0 4 0 0 2 6 Netherlands 2 2 4 0 0 8 New Zealand 3 13 1 0 2 19 Nicaragua 1 1 0 0 0 2 Nigeria 2 11 1 0 3 17 Norway 0 3 2 0 2 7 Pakistan 13 31 0 0 10 54 Panama 3 3 0 0 1 7 Paraguay 1 1 0 0 0 2 Peru 0 5 0 0 2 7 Philippines 12 5 0 0 6 23 Poland 13 8 1 1 0 23 Portugal 5 4 0 0 3 12 Romania 3 18 1 0 3 25 Russia 9 42 1 0 1 53 Saudi Arabia 8 20 0 9 0 37 Serbia 3 2 0 0 1 6 Singapore 63 14 6 0 10 93 Slovakia 1 0 0 0 0 1 Slovenia 0 2 0 0 0 2 South Africa 4 5 0 0 3 12 South Korea 188 433 28 28 93 770 14
Place of Origin Undergraduate Graduate Visitors Language Academy OPT Total Spain 3 11 12 0 2 28 Sri Lanka 9 3 0 0 2 14 Sweden 5 3 1 0 1 10 Switzerland 5 3 0 1 1 10 Syria 0 0 1 0 0 1 Taiwan 83 502 4 50 194 833 Thailand 18 76 5 5 16 120 Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 0 0 0 6 Tunisia 0 0 0 1 1 2 Turkey 23 59 0 3 11 96 Ukraine 0 8 1 0 0 9 United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 6 United Kingdom 54 42 4 0 18 118 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 0 2 Venezuela 2 4 0 0 1 7 Vietnam 12 14 0 2 3 31 Zambia 0 0 1 0 0 1 Zimbabwe 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 1399 4229 183 143 1235 7189 15