Statistics International Students, Faculty & Research Scholars 2013-2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POPULATION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014....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 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 2013-2014 International Overview 3 Undergraduate Students 645 Graduate Students 632 Total Enrolled Students 1277 Practical Training 307 Faculty & Research Scholars 220 Dependents 170 Grand Total 1974 Boston College International Population Faculty & Research Scholars, 220, 11% Dependents, 170, 9% Undergraduate Students, 645, 33% Practical Training, 307, 15% Graduate Students, 632, 32%
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 5 42 7 1 6 61 3% Asia 344 388 217 88 83 1120 57% Canada 24 17 10 8 5 64 3% Caribbean 7 7 5 1 0 20 1% Europe 160 80 40 83 34 397 20% Mexico, Central & South America 66 48 18 14 18 164 8% Middle East 5 40 8 19 23 95 5% Oceania & Australia 34 10 2 6 1 53 3% Grand Total 645 632 307 220 170 1974 100% International Population by Region Middle East, 5% Oceania & Australia, 3% Mexico, Central & South America, 8% Africa, 3% Europe, 20% Asia, 57% Caribbean, 1% Canada, 3%
Undergraduate International & Exchange Students Undergraduate International Students 5 School Year Visa Type* Gender Carroll School of Management 140 Freshmen 157 A-1 1 Female 369 College of Arts & Sciences 283 Sophomores 112 E-2 4 Male 276 Connell School of Nursing 3 Juniors 101 F-1 627 Exchange Students 196 Seniors 73 H-4 4 Intern 5 Exchange Students 196 J-1 5 Lynch School of Education 15 BCExperience 1 L-2 4 Woods College of Advancing Studies 3 Intern 5 * For visa description, see below. Total 645 645 645 645 Field of Study Accounting 30 Information Systems 2 Applied Psych & Human Development 6 International Studies 14 Art History 4 Law 4 Biochemistry 9 Linguistics 2 Biology 26 Management 46 Chemistry 7 Management/Leadership 12 Communications 49 Marketing 24 Computer Science 6 Mathematics 19 Economics 103 Music 2 Economics - CSOM 14 Nursing 3 Elementary Education 7 Operations/Tech Management 5 English 21 Philosophy 6 Environmental Geoscience 1 Physics 10 Film Studies 1 Political Science 43 Finance 73 Psychology 36 General Management 9 Romance Language-French 1 Geology 2 Secondary Education 1 History 23 Sociology 16 Human Development 2 Studio Art 1 Human Resource Management 1 Theology 4 Total 645 *Visa Descriptions: A-1: Diplomat/Government official dependent 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 J-2: Exchange visitor dependent L-2: Intracompany executive transfer dependent
Graduate International & Exchange Students Graduate International Students 6 School Visa Type Carroll Graduate School of Management 163 F-1 604 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 7 J-1 26 Exchange Students 18 J-2 1 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 214 H-4 1 Graduate School of Social Work 29 See page 5 for visa Intern 3 type descriptions Law School 25 Total 632 Lynch Graduate School of Education 95 School of Theology and Ministry 64 Gender Woods College of Advancing Graduate Studies 14 Female 321 Male 311 Total 632 Total 632 Degree Carroll Graduate School of Management Law School M.B.A. 55 J.D. 14 M.S.A. 50 LL.M 11 M.S.F. 39 sum 25 Ph.D. 19 Lynch Graduate School of Education sum 163 M.A. 28 Connell Graduate School of Nursing M.Ed. 40 M.S. 6 Ph.D. 25 Ph.D. 1 C.A.E.S. 2 sum 7 sum 95 Exchange Students School of Theology and Ministry Exchange Students 18 M.A. 14 sum 18 1 C.L. 15 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 2 F.D. 13 M.A. 18 M.H. 3 9 M.S. 4 4 M.T.S 2 Ph.D. 192 5 D.T. 9 Intern 3 Non-Degree 2 sum 217 sum 64 Graduate School of Social Work Woods College of M.S.W. 17 Advancing Graduate Studies Ph.D. 12 M.S. 14 sum 29 sum 14 Total 632 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 52 Administrative Studies 15 Applied Developmental/Educational Psychology 12 Biology 17 Chemistry 40 Clinical Social Work 10 Counseling Psychology 15 Curriculum & Instruction 37 Economics 60 Educational Research/Measure/Evaluation 11 Education/Special Student 1 Educational Leadership 9 English 8 Finance 54 Geophysics 3 Graduate Nursing 7 Higher Education 7 History 5 Law 25 Linguistics 1 Macro Practice 7 Management 62 Marketing 3 Mathematics 6 Organizational Studies 4 Pastoral Ministry 8 Philosophy 19 Physics 29 Political Science 3 Psychology 6 Religion and Education 3 Romance Language - French 4 Romance Language - Hispanic Study 2 Romance Language - Italian 4 School Counseling 1 Social Welfare 2 Social Work 10 Sociology 11 Theology 5 Theology/Ministry 54 Total 632
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 Student Total Argentina 5 1 6 Liechtenstein 1 0 1 Australia 26 8 34 Macau 3 0 3 Austria 4 0 4 Madagascar 0 2 2 Bangladesh 0 3 3 Malaysia 1 1 2 Barbados 1 0 1 Malta 0 1 1 Belgium 0 1 1 Mexico 5 6 11 Bermuda 1 1 2 Moldova 1 0 1 Bolivia 1 1 2 Mongolia 0 1 1 Brazil 13 9 22 Morocco 2 0 2 Bulgaria 0 5 5 Nepal 1 9 10 Burundi 0 1 1 Netherlands 10 1 11 Cameroon 0 3 3 New Zealand 8 2 10 Canada 24 17 41 Nigeria 0 11 11 Chile 3 9 12 Norway 5 2 7 China 141 225 366 Pakistan 0 3 3 Colombia 8 8 16 Palestine 0 2 2 Congo Democratic Republic 0 2 2 Panama 4 1 5 Costa Rica 2 1 3 Paraguay 2 1 3 Cote D Ivoire 0 2 2 Peru 4 2 6 Denmark 9 1 10 Philippines 9 5 14 Dominica 0 1 1 Portugal 1 2 3 Dominican Republic 5 0 5 Qatar 0 1 1 Ecuador 7 0 7 Romania 0 1 1 Egypt 0 1 1 Russia 2 4 6 El Salvador 1 1 2 Rwanda 0 1 1 Finland 2 0 2 Saudi Arabia 0 2 2 France 20 10 30 Senegal 0 1 1 Germany 12 5 17 Singapore 10 11 21 Ghana 2 2 4 Slovenia 1 0 1 Greece 1 1 2 South Africa 1 2 3 Guatemala 5 0 5 Spain 34 6 40 Haiti 1 1 2 Sweden 5 0 5 Honduras 2 0 2 Switzerland 4 1 5 Hong Kong* 13 5 18 Syria 0 1 1 India 10 22 32 Taiwan 5 17 22 Indonesia 6 4 10 Tanzania 0 2 2 Iran 0 7 7 Thailand 0 4 4 Iraq 0 1 1 Trinidad & Tobago 0 1 1 Ireland 9 3 12 Turkey 2 23 25 Israel 2 2 4 Uganda 0 6 6 Italy 8 25 33 Ukraine 0 1 1 Jamaica 0 2 2 United Kingdom 26 10 36 Japan 6 12 18 Uruguay 0 1 1 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 Venezuela 8 8 16 Kenya 0 2 2 Vietnam 4 17 21 Korea South 134 49 183 Zambia 0 2 2 Lebanon 1 1 2 Zimbabwe 0 2 2 Total 645 632 1277 Countries Represented 94 *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 00-01 01-02 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 China 79 81 131 149 131 133 127 143 157 194 245 320 366 South Korea 62 59 54 75 85 84 92 106 109 125 149 177 183 Canada 59 55 58 63 56 51 48 46 49 47 46 42 41 Spain 19 15 13 13 18 11 11 24 30 32 40 43 40 United Kingdom 26 22 24 23 24 22 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 Australia 12 12 16 17 24 22 33 46 40 27 37 36 34 Italy 19 19 17 19 23 20 17 37 34 31 36 36 33 India 35 39 35 32 27 30 31 37 41 43 39 36 32 France 29 32 25 22 28 26 23 40 44 42 28 35 30 Turkey 29 25 20 21 22 23 22 21 24 29 18 24 25 Taiwan 10 10 21 18 23 32 24 22 18 19 15 19 22 Brazil 9 10 11 10 11 11 6 13 13 17 17 18 22 Vietnam 1 4 5 4 5 5 6 4 6 11 12 20 21 Singapore 8 12 8 10 15 14 13 10 16 13 25 23 21 Japan 35 30 27 19 15 22 22 23 20 20 15 13 18 * 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 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 A&S 78 88 95 98 111 126 140 181 211 283 CSOM 83 84 89 79 94 109 124 118 136 140 CSON 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 Intern N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 1 5 LSOE 10 9 11 11 9 8 7 6 9 15 Non Degree/ 62 100 90 91 157 178 189 201 212 196 Exchange WCASU 3 11 14 7 26 1 6 1 10 3 Subtotal 237 293 301 287 398 424 467 509 580 645 Graduate Students School 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 CGSOM 152 123 134 127 97 82 118 133 167 163 Ph.D. 29 28 25 25 22 17 15 17 21 19 M.B.A. 35 38 51 58 45 40 54 63 60 55 M.S.A. 44 33 34 26 10 16 21 30 57 50 M.S.F. 44 24 24 18 20 9 28 23 29 39 CGSON 4 5 3 3 5 6 8 4 22 7 Ph.D. 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 M.S. 1 3 0 1 3 5 7 3 5 6 Visiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 0 GA&S 240 231 219 227 219 210 213 211 220 214 Ph.D. 212 202 193 198 200 190 197 192 198 192 Master's 28 29 26 29 19 20 16 19 22 22 GSSW 6 11 11 14 15 17 16 18 21 29 Ph.D. 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 5 7 12 M.S.W. 5 10 9 11 11 14 14 13 14 17 1 2 Intern N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 2 3 Law 17 14 14 21 27 22 24 17 26 25 J.D. 17 14 14 17 16 12 11 9 11 14 4 LL.M. N/A N/A N/A 4 11 10 13 8 15 11 LGSOE 76 85 81 69 67 77 86 75 95 95 Ph.D. 31 29 25 28 26 28 26 18 23 25 Master's 42 55 54 39 38 47 57 56 70 68 Other 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 C.A.E.S. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Non-Degree/ 5 6 Exchange 50 8 6 7 7 11 8 0 12 18 7 STM N/A N/A N/A N/A 50 52 55 57 59 64 D.T. N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 7 8 10 9 9 Master's N/A N/A N/A N/A 23 15 11 20 26 25 C.L. N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 24 25 21 12 15 F.D. N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 6 5 6 11 13 Non-Degree N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 1 2 WCAGS 5 8 7 15 14 16 22 21 20 14 Subtotal 550 485 475 483 501 493 550 536 644 632 Grand Total 787 778 776 770 899 917 1017 1045 1224 1277 footnotes: 1. Exchange Visitor Intern category created 2008 6. All exchange students were counted as undergraduate 2. Increase was partially due to inclusion of spring semester students this year exchange students for 2011-2012 3. Connell Graduate School of Nursing Global Experience Program 7. STM created June 1, 2008 4. LL.M. program established 2007-2008 academic year 5. Decrease was largely due to absence of 43 summer visiting students
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. 20 F-1: Student 307 Female 172 B.S. 39 Male 135 C.A.E.S. 1 F.D. 1 J.D. 3 LL.M. 18 M.A. 20 M.B.A. 38 M.Ed. 9 M.H. 1 M.S. 96 M.S.W. 7 Non- Degree 15 Ph.D. 39 Total 307 307 307 School Carroll Graduate School of Management 115 Carroll School of Management 36 College of Arts & Sciences 22 Connell Graduate School of Nursing 2 Lynch School of Education 1 Exchange Students 15 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 45 Graduate School of Social Work 7 Law School 21 Lynch Graduate School of Education 25 School of Theology and Ministry 4 Woods College of Advancing Graduate Studies 14 Total 307 Country Albania 1 Honduras 1 Philippines 1 Argentina 1 Hong Kong 1 Portugal 1 Australia 2 India 23 Romania 1 Belgium 2 Indonesia 3 Singapore 3 Bolivia 1 Iran 2 South Africa 1 Brazil 4 Ireland 8 South Korea 19 Bulgaria 1 Israel 2 Spain 3 Canada 10 Italy 3 St. Lucia 1 China 134 Jamaica 1 Switzerland 1 Colombia 1 Japan 8 Taiwan 12 Dominican Republic 1 Jordan 1 Thailand 8 Ecuador 2 Kuwait 1 Trinidad & Tobago 2 Egypt 1 Lebanon 1 Turkey 1 Finland 1 Mexico 2 Uganda 1 France 6 Nepal 2 United Kingdom 5 Germany 4 Netherlands 1 Venezuela 6 Ghana 2 Nigeria 2 Vietnam 1 Greece 2 Pakistan 2 Total 307 Countries Represented 53
International Faculty & Research Scholars International Faculty & Research Scholars 12 Schools and Colleges Centers and Institutes Carroll School of Management 15 Athletics 1 College of Arts and Sciences 145 Campus Ministry 1 Connell School of Nursing 3 Center for Work and Family 1 Graduate School of Social Work 1 Center for International Higher Education 3 Law School 8 Clough Center 1 Lynch School of Education 20 Information Systems 7 School of Theology and Ministry 6 Institute for Scientific Research 2 Irish Institute 4 TIMSS and PIRLS Center 1 University Counseling 1 Total 220 Visa Type By Gender B-1: Visitor for Business 14 Female 79 H-1B: Temporary Worker 46 Male 141 H-4: Temporary Worker Dependent 1 F-1: Student 9 F-2: Student Dependent 1 J-1: Exchange Visitor 143 J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent 3 O-1: Worker of Outstanding Ability 2 R-1: Religious Worker 1 220 220 Department Art History 1 Institute for Scientific Research 2 Athletics 1 Irish Institute 4 Biology 16 Law 8 Campus Ministry 1 Management 1 Center for Work and Family 1 Marketing 4 Center for International Higher Education 3 Mathematics 7 Chemistry 44 Music 1 Clough Center 1 Nursing 3 Computer Science 1 Operations 2 Curriculum and Instruction 3 Organizational Studies 4 Economics 12 Philosophy 17 Education Misc 7 Physics 12 Educational Research 2 Politcal Science 5 English 1 Psychology 11 Finance 4 Romance Literature 2 Fine Arts 1 Social Work 1 French 1 Sociology 4 Geology 1 Structural Bioinformatics 1 Higher Education 3 TIMSS and PIRLS Center 1 Hispanic Study 4 Theology 10 History 3 University Counseling 1 Information Systems 8 Total 220 Country Argentina 2 Kenya 1 Australia 4 Mexico 1 Austria 2 Netherlands 3 Brazil 5 New Zealand 2 Canada 8 Peru 1 Chile 3 Poland 2 China 50 Portugal 1 Colombia 1 Romania 1 Ecuador 1 Russia 1 France 8 Serbia 1 Germany 15 Slovenia 2 Greece 1 South Korea 11 Hungary 1 Spain 20 India 14 Sri Lanka 1 Iran 1 Sweden 2 Ireland 8 Taiwan 6 Israel 5 Turkey 13 Italy 9 Ukraine 1 Jamaica 1 United Kingdom 5 Japan 6 Total 220 Total Number of Countries Represented 39
Dependents Dependents 13 Relationship to Primary School/Department of Primary Visa Holder Visa Holder Visa Type* Gender Athletics 1 Spouse 104 F-1 1 Female 129 Carroll School of Management 25 Child 66 F-2 80 Male 41 Exchange Student 1 H-4 8 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 94 J-2 81 Graduate School of Social Work 5 Information Systems 1 Institute for Scientific Research 1 Law School 5 Lynch Graduate School of Education 29 School of Theology and Ministry 7 Woods-Advancing Graduate Studies 1 Total 170 170 170 170 Country of Citizenship Argentina 2 Japan 9 Australia 1 Kenya 3 Bangladesh 1 Mexico 3 Brazil 2 Mongolia 1 Canada 5 Nepal 6 Chile 7 Norway 1 China 31 Philippines 1 Colombia 4 Saint Kitts 1 Cote D Ivoire 1 Saudi Arabia 2 Finland 4 Singapore 4 France 6 South Africa 1 Germany 4 South Korea 23 Greece 1 Spain 13 India 3 Switzerland 2 Iran 5 Taiwan 2 Israel 7 Turkey 9 Italy 3 Vietnam 2 170 Total Number of Countries Represented 34 F-1: Student F-2: Student Dependent J-2: Exchange Visitor Dependent H-4:Dependent of H-1, H-2, or H-3 worker
Yearly Statistics 14 International Population at Boston College by Year & by Program 1985-2013 Total Undergraduate Graduate Students Practical Research 2 Year Students Students Enrolled Training Scholars Dependents Grand Total 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 1 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 1 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 307 220 170 1974 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 3 4
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