Statistics International Students, Faculty & Research Scholars 2014-2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POPULATION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015......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.. 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- SEVEN YEAR SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL POPULATION AT BOSTON COLLEGE 14
Boston College International Population 2014-2015 International Overview 3 Undergraduate Students 705 Graduate Students 674 Total Enrolled Students 1379 Practical Training 316 Faculty & Research Scholars 263 Dependents 151 Grand Total 2109 Boston College International Population Practical Training, 316, 15% Faculty & Research Scholars, 263, 13% Dependents, 151, 7% Graduate Students, 674, 32% Undergraduate Students, 705, 33%
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 7 51 11 2 6 77 4% Asia 406 442 226 110 66 1250 59% Canada 28 16 6 9 5 64 3% Caribbean 14 6 6 0 0 26 1% Europe 156 94 38 105 31 424 20% Mexico, Central & South America 66 42 26 23 26 183 9% Middle East 3 13 1 6 10 33 1% Oceania & Australia 25 10 2 8 7 52 3% Grand Total 705 674 316 263 151 2109 100% International Population by Region Asia, 59% Caribbean, 1% Canada, 3% Europe, 20% Africa, 4% Middle East, 1% Mexico, Central & South America, 9% Australia, & Oceana 3%
Undergraduate International & Exchange Students Undergraduate International Students 5 School Year Visa Type* Gender Carroll School of Management 147 Freshmen 140 E-2 3 Female 387 College of Arts & Sciences 324 Sophomores 154 L-2 3 Male 318 Connell School of Nursing 3 Juniors 115 F-1 696 University Exchange 204 Seniors 85 H-4 1 Lynch School of Education 20 Exchange Students 204 J-1 2 Woods College of Advancing Studies 7 Visiting Students 7 * For visa description, see below. Total 705 705 705 705 Field of Study Accounting 31 General Management 3 American Studies 1 History A&S 12 Applied Psychology 12 Information Systems 5 Art History 5 International Studies 11 Biochemistry 7 Linguistics 2 Biology 15 Management - Leadership 75 Chemistry 6 Marketing 20 Classics 2 Mathematics 29 Communication 45 Music 2 Computer Science 10 Nursing 3 Economics 120 Philosophy 17 Elementary Education 7 Physics 7 English 17 Political Science 35 Environmental Geoscience 4 Psychology 38 Film Studies 2 Sociology 12 Finance 83 Unclassified 65 French 2 Total 705 *Visa Descriptions: E-2: Relative of treaty investor F-1: Student H-4: Dependent of H-1, H-2, or H-3 employee J-1: Exchange visitor L-2: Intracompany executive transfer dependent
Graduate International & Exchange Students Graduate International Students 6 School Visa Type Carroll Graduate School of Management 211 F-1 653 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 3 J-1 20 Exchange Students 9 H-4 1 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 221 Graduate School of Social Work 32 Intern 5 See page 5 for visa type descriptions Law School 33 Total 674 Lynch Graduate School of Education 70 School of Theology and Ministry 80 Gender Woods College of Advancing Graduate Studies 16 Female 335 Male 339 Total 674 Total 674 Degree Carroll Graduate School of Management Law School M.B.A. 59 J.D. 22 M.S.A. 81 LL.M 10 M.S.F. 50 sum 32 Ph.D. 21 Lynch Graduate School of Education sum 211 M.A. 7 Connell Graduate School of Nursing M.Ed. 29 M.S. 1 Ph.D. 18 Ph.D. 2 C.A.E.S. 16 sum 3 sum 70 Exchange Students School of Theology and Ministry Exchange Students 9 M.A. 26 sum 9 C.L 1. 17 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences F.D. 2 14 M.A. 18 M.H. 3 9 M.S. 3 M.T.S 4 2 Ph.D. 195 D.T. 5 9 Intern 5 Non-Degree 3 sum 221 sum 80 Graduate School of Social Work Woods College of M.S.W. 21 Advancing Graduate Studies Ph.D. 11 M.S. 16 sum 32 sum 16 Total 674 footnotes: 1. Licentiate in Sacred Theology 2. Master of Divinity 3. Master of Theology 4. Master of Theological Studies 5. Doctor of Theology
Graduate International Students 7 Field of Study Accounting 83 Administrative Studies 16 Applied Developmental/Educational Psychology 7 Biology 11 Chemistry 48 Counseling Psychology 10 Curriculum & Instruction 28 Economics 60 Educational Research/Measure/Evaluation 15 Education/Special Student 1 Educational Leadership 6 English 7 Finance 69 French 3 Geophysics 3 Higher Education Administration 3 Hispanic Study 4 History 6 Italian 3 Law 33 Linguistics 1 Management 61 Mathematics 8 Nursing Graduate 3 Organizational Studies 6 Pastoral Ministry 4 Philosophy 20 Physics 29 Political Science 4 Psychology 6 Social Welfare 3 Social Work Clinical & Macro 29 Sociology 8 Theology 4 Theology & Education 2 Theology/Ministry 70 Total 674
International Students by Country 8 Boston College Undergraduate and Graduate Students by Country Country Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Student Total Country Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Argentina 7 1 8 Lithuania 0 1 1 Australia 20 7 27 Macau* 1 0 1 Austria 4 1 5 Madagascar 0 1 1 Azerbaijan 0 1 1 Malaysia 1 0 1 Bangladesh 0 3 3 Mexico 1 5 6 Barbados 1 0 1 Mongolia 0 1 1 Belarus 0 2 2 Morocco 2 0 2 Belgium 0 1 1 Nepal 1 8 9 Bermuda 1 1 2 Netherlands 5 1 6 Bolivia 1 0 1 New Zealand 4 1 5 Brazil 11 13 24 Nigeria 0 16 16 Bulgaria 0 6 6 Norway 1 1 2 Burkina Faso 1 1 2 Pakistan 0 1 1 Burundi 0 2 2 Panama 7 1 8 Cameroon 1 3 4 Paraguay 2 2 4 Canada 28 16 44 Peru 3 1 4 Chile 4 8 12 Philippines 9 7 16 China 215 272 487 Poland 0 1 1 Colombia 4 8 12 Portugal 0 2 2 Congo Democratic Republic 0 3 3 Qatar 0 1 1 Costa Rica 2 2 4 Romania 3 1 4 Cote D Ivoire 0 2 2 Russia 2 3 5 Czech Republic 1 0 1 Rwanda 0 1 1 Denmark 11 0 11 Saudi Arabia 1 3 4 Dominica 0 1 1 Senegal 1 1 2 Dominican Republic 2 1 3 Serbia 0 2 2 Ecuador 7 0 7 Singapore 5 7 12 Egypt 0 1 1 Slovenia 1 0 1 Finland 1 0 1 South Africa 2 3 5 France 23 8 31 South Korea 128 54 182 Germany 11 5 16 Spain 32 9 41 Ghana 3 5 8 Sweden 3 0 3 Greece 3 1 4 Switzerland 4 1 5 Guatemala 4 0 4 Taiwan 5 11 16 Haiti 0 1 1 Tanzania 0 3 3 Honduras 2 0 2 Thailand 2 11 13 Hong Kong* 15 3 18 Turkey 1 17 18 Hungary 0 2 2 Uganda 0 7 7 India 7 26 33 Ukraine 0 1 1 Indonesia 8 5 13 United Kingdom 27 6 33 Iran 0 7 7 United Arab Emirates 1 1 2 Ireland 10 4 14 Uruguay 0 1 1 Israel 2 1 3 Uzbekistan 0 1 1 Italy 20 17 37 Venezuela 9 6 15 Japan 5 7 12 Vietnam 4 20 24 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 Zambia 0 1 1 Kenya 0 3 3 Zimbabwe 0 1 1 Lebanon 1 0 1 Total 705 674 1379 Student Total Countries Represented 95 *Hong Kong and Macau are Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China
Largest Student Population by Country 9 Countries Having the Largest Student Population at Boston College Countries 01-02 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 China 81 131 149 131 133 127 143 157 194 245 320 366 487 South Korea Canada Spain Italy United Kingdom India France Australia Vietnam Brazil Turkey Taiwan Nigeria Venezuela 59 54 75 85 84 92 106 109 125 149 177 183 182 55 58 63 56 51 48 46 49 47 46 42 41 44 15 13 13 18 11 11 24 30 32 40 43 40 41 22 24 23 24 22 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 37 12 16 17 24 22 33 46 40 27 37 36 34 33 19 17 19 23 20 17 37 34 31 36 36 33 33 39 35 32 27 30 31 37 41 43 39 36 32 31 32 25 22 28 26 23 40 44 42 28 35 30 27 25 20 21 22 23 22 21 24 29 18 24 25 24 10 21 18 23 32 24 22 18 19 15 19 22 24 10 11 10 11 11 6 13 13 17 17 18 22 18 4 5 4 5 5 6 4 6 11 12 20 21 16 12 8 10 15 14 13 10 16 13 25 23 21 16 30 27 19 15 22 22 23 20 20 15 13 18 15 * No information available for 2002-2003
Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population Ten Year Summary of the International Student Population 10 Undergraduate Students School 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 A&S 88 95 98 111 126 140 181 211 283 324 CSOM 84 89 79 94 109 124 118 136 140 147 CSON 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 Intern 1 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 LSOE 9 11 11 9 8 7 6 9 15 20 Exchange 100 2 90 91 157 178 189 201 212 196 204 WCASU 11 14 7 26 0 1 6 1 10 7 Subtotal 293 301 287 398 424 467 509 580 645 705 School 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 CGSOM 123 134 127 97 82 118 133 167 163 211 Ph.D. 28 25 25 22 17 15 17 21 19 21 M.B.A. 38 51 58 45 40 54 63 60 55 59 M.S.A. 33 34 26 10 16 21 30 57 50 81 M.S.F. 24 24 18 20 9 28 23 29 39 50 CGSON 5 3 3 5 6 8 4 22 7 3 Ph.D. 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 M.S. 3 0 1 3 5 7 3 5 6 1 Visiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 0 0 GA&S 231 219 227 219 210 213 211 220 214 221 Ph.D. 202 193 198 200 190 197 192 198 192 195 Master's 28 29 26 29 19 20 16 19 22 21 Intern 1 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 GSSW 11 11 14 15 17 16 18 21 29 32 Ph.D. 1 2 3 4 3 2 5 7 12 11 M.S.W. 10 9 11 11 14 14 13 14 17 21 Law 14 14 21 27 22 24 17 26 25 32 J.D. 14 14 17 16 12 11 9 11 14 22 LL.M. 4 N/A N/A 4 11 10 13 8 15 11 10 LGSOE 85 81 69 67 77 86 75 95 95 70 Ph.D. 29 25 28 26 28 26 18 23 25 18 Master's 55 54 39 38 47 57 56 70 68 36 Other 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 C.A.E.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 Non Degree Exchange 8 5 6 7 7 11 8 0 6 12 18 9 Students STM 7 N/A N/A N/A 50 52 55 57 59 64 80 D.T. N/A N/A N/A 6 7 8 10 9 9 9 Master's N/A N/A N/A 23 15 11 20 26 25 37 C.L. N/A N/A N/A 20 24 25 21 12 15 17 F.D. N/A N/A N/A 1 6 5 6 11 13 14 Non-Degree N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 WCAGS 8 7 15 14 16 22 21 20 14 16 Subtotal 485 475 483 501 493 550 536 644 632 674 Grand Total 778 776 770 899 917 1017 1045 1224 1277 1379 footnotes: 5. Decrease was largely due to absence of 43 summer visiting students 1. Exchange Visitor Intern category created 2008 6. All exchange students were counted as undergraduate exchange for 2. Increase was partially due to inclusion of spring semester students this year 2011-20012 3. Connell Graduate School of Nursing Global Experience Program 7. STM created June 1, 2008 4. LL.M. program established 2007-2008 academic year
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. 21 F-1: Student 316 Female 189 B.S. 41 Male 127 C.A.E.S. 1 F.D. 1 J.D. 3 LL.M. 20 M.A. 20 M.B.A. 38 M.Ed. 9 M.H. 1 M.S. 100 M.S.W. 7 Non- Degree 15 Ph.D. 39 Total 316 316 316 School Carroll Graduate School of Management 110 Carroll School of Management 41 College of Arts & Sciences 24 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 2 Exchange Students 17 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 45 Graduate School of Social Work 7 Law School 23 Lynch Graduate School of Education 26 Lynch School of Education 1 School of Theology and Ministry 4 Woods College of Advancing Graduate Studies 16 Total 316 Argentina 1 Honduras 1 Peru 2 Bangladesh 1 Hong Kong 2 Philippines 3 Belgium 2 India 10 Romania 1 Bolivia 1 Indonesia 1 Russia 2 Brazil 2 Iran 2 Saudi Arabia 1 Canada 6 Ireland 3 Singapore 4 Chile 1 Israel 1 South Korea 21 China 158 Italy 5 Spain 5 Colombia 3 Jamaica 1 St. Lucia 1 Cote D Ivoire 1 Japan 6 Taiwan 8 Dominican Republic 4 Lebanon 1 Turkey 4 Ecuador 2 Malaysia 1 Uganda 2 Egypt 1 Mexico 3 Ukraine 1 Finland 1 Nepal 4 United Kingdom 6 France 2 Netherlands 1 Venezuela 7 Germany 5 Nigeria 4 Vietnam 2 Ghana 3 Norway 2 Zimbabwe 1 Guatemala 2 Panama 1 Total 316 Countries Represented 53
International Faculty & Research Scholars International Faculty & Research Scholars 12 Schools and Colleges Centers and Institutes Carroll School of Management 25 Boisi Center 2 College of Arts and Sciences 162 Center for Retirement Research 3 Connell School of Nursing 3 Center for Human Rights & International Justice 1 Graduate School of Social Work 6 Center for International Higher Education 5 Law School 18 Clough Center 1 Lynch School of Education 4 Educational Research, Measurement & Evaluation 1 School of Theology and Ministry 18 Information Systems 10 Irish Institute 4 Total 263 Visa Type By Gender B-1: Visitor for Business 32 Female 111 E-2: Investor 1 Male 152 F-1: Student 13 H-1B: Temporary Worker 48 J-1: Exchange Visitor 164 J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent 3 K-1: Nonimmigrant Fiancé (e) 1 R-1: Religious Worker 1 263 263 Department A&S Honors 1 Law 18 Accounting 2 Linguistics 9 Biology 14 Management 9 Boisi Center 2 Marketing 5 Chemistry 45 Mathematics 9 CHRIJ 1 Music 2 CIHE 5 Nursing 3 Clough Center 1 Operations 2 Communications 1 Organization Studies 2 Computer science 2 Philosophy 19 Counseling 1 Physics 17 Economics 23 Political Science 3 Elementary Education 1 Psychology 6 ERME 1 Retirement Research Center 4 Finance 7 Romance Literature 1 Fine Arts 2 Slavic Language & Literature 1 Higher Education 3 Social Work 6 History 4 Sociology 3 Information Systems 10 Theology 18 Irish Institute 4 Total 263 Country Argentina 6 Mexico 5 Australia 7 Netherlands 4 Austria 1 New Zealand 1 Belgium 1 Nigeria 1 Brazil 5 Peru 1 Bulgaria 1 Philippines 1 Canada 9 Poland 5 Chile 4 Portugal 1 China 63 Romania 1 Ecuador 2 Russia 4 Finland 1 Saudi Arabia 1 France 13 Serbia 2 Georgia 1 Slovakia 1 Germany 8 Slovenia 3 India 20 South Korea 7 Iran 1 Spain 15 Ireland 10 Sri Lanka 1 Israel 4 Sweden 1 Italy 15 Switzerland 1 Japan 7 Taiwan 4 Kenya 1 Turkey 14 Korea 2 Ukraine 1 United Kingdom 5 Total 263 Total Number of Countries Represented 48
Dependents Dependents 13 School/Department of Primary Visa Holder Relationship to Primary Visa Holder Visa Type* Gender Carroll School of Management 29 Spouse 84 F-2 75 Female 119 College of Arts and Sciences 1 Child 67 J-2 76 Male 32 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 79 Graduate School of Social Work 3 Irish Institute 1 Law School 15 Lynch Graduate School of Education 5 Lynch School of Education 6 School of Theology and Ministry 8 Woods-Advancing Graduate Studies 4 Total 151 151 151 151 Country of Citizenship Argentina 2 Italy 7 Australia 7 Japan 6 Bangladesh 1 Kenya 3 Brazil 6 Mexico 4 Canada 5 Mongolia 1 Chile 10 Nepal 4 China 30 Nigeria 2 Colombia 3 Philippines 2 Cote D Ivoire 1 South Korea 12 Finland 3 Spain 2 France 4 Switzerland 2 Germany 1 Taiwan 1 India 2 Turkey 11 Indonesia 3 United Kingdom 3 Iran 4 Vietnam 2 Ireland 1 Israel 6 Total 151 151 Total Number of Countries Represented 32 F-2: Student Dependent J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent
Yearly Statistics 14 International Population at Boston College by Year & by Program 1986-2014 1 Total Undergraduate Graduate Students Practical Research 2 Year Students Students Enrolled Training Scholars Dependents Grand Total 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 1997-1998 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 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 1045 135 189 153 1522 2012-2013 580 644 1224 150 156 174 1704 2013-2014 645 632 1277 307 3 220 4 170 1974 2014-2015 705 674 1379 316 263 151 2109 Footnotes 1. No information available for 1998-1999 or 2002-2003. 2. Prior to 2003-2004 dependent information was not tracked. 3. Anyone active on OPT June 1-May 31 now counted rather than recording only those active at the time statistics are prepared 4. Part of the increase from previous year is due to inclusion of scholars on other visa types
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