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China overtakes India as No. 1 source of foreign students in U.S.
By Valerie Strauss
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said that
2009-10 was the first year China was atop the list of countries that
sent the most students to study in the United States. The information
includes some new data on China.
China zoomed past India as the main source of foreign students coming
to the United States to attend college, with a 30 percent jump in
Chinese students in a single year, according to a new report released
today.
The number of international students in the United States increased
2.9 percent in 2009-10 over the previous year, to 690,923 students.
The University of Southern California hosted the most of any other
school, and California was the leading state.
But there was a decline of 0.8 percent in the number of American
students who studied abroad for credit last year (260,327) from the
year before (262,416).
The data is part of the annual “Open Doors: Report on International
Educational Exchange,” published by the Institute of International
Education with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs. Open Doors is a comprehensive
information resource on international students and scholars studying
or teaching at higher education institutions in the United States, and
U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their home
colleges or universities.
China overtook India as the main source of foreign students in the
United States, jumping 30 percent from 98,235 in 2008-09 to 127,628
last year. This is seen as a reflection of the growing Chinese
economy. Most of the Chinese students in the United States are in
graduate school, but there was a 50 percent increase in college
freshmen last year over 2008-09.
The second-largest increase of foreign students last year from the
year before were students from Saudi Arabia, which had a 25 percent
jump, from 12,661 in 2008-9 to 15,810 in 2009-10.
India, which had been in the top spot in recent years, stayed nearly
steady, with 104,897 students in 2009-10, up from 103,260 in 2008-09,
a 1.6 percent increase.
China sent no students to the U.S. from the 1950s until 1974-75. In
the 1980s, numbers of Chinese students grew dramatically, and in
1988-89, China displaced Taiwan as the leading sender and remained the
leading place of origin until it was displaced by Japan in 1994-95. In
1998-99, China became the leading sender again until 2001-02. From
2001-02 to 2008-09, India was the only place of origin with more
students in the United States.
Here are the top 10 states hosting foreign students in 2009-10:
1. University of Southern California — Los Angeles – 7,987
2. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign – 7,287
3. New York University 7,276
4. Purdue University – Main Campus West Lafayette, Ind. – 6,903
5. Columbia University New York City – 6,833
6. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – 6,095
7. University of California at Los Angeles – 5,685
8. Michigan State University, East Lansing – 5,358
9. University of Texas at Austin – 5,265
10. Boston University – 5,172
Here are the top 10 countries sending students to the United States
and the percentage change from 2008-09 to 2009-10):
1. China 127,628 (up 30 percent)
2. India 104,897 (up 1.6 percent)
3. South Korea 72,153 (down 3.9 percent)
4. Canada 28,145 (down 5.2 percent)
5. Taiwan 26,685 (down 4.9 percent)
6. Japan 24,842 (down 15.1)
7. Saudi Arabia 15,810 (up 24.9)
8. Mexico 13,450 (down 9.4 percent)
9. Vietnam 13,112 (up 2. 3 percent)
10. Turkey 2,397 (up 2.0 percent)
Here are the top 10 states hosting foreign students in 2009-10 with
the percentage change from 2008-09 to 2009-10:
1. California 94,279 (up 1.2 percent)
2. New York 76,146 (up 1.6 percent)
3. Texas 58,934 (up 1.3 percent)
4. Massachusetts 35,313 (up 4.4 percent)
5. Illinois 31,093 (up 4 percent)
6. Florida 29,708 (down 2.2 percent)
7. Pennsylvania 28,097 (up 2.1)
8. Michigan 24,214 (up 2.5 percent)
9. Ohio 22,370 (up 7.9 percent)
10. Indiana 18,569 (up 8.6 increase)
Other facts from the report:
*New international student enrollment – students enrolling for the
first time at a U.S. institution in Fall 2009 – increased 1.3 percent
over the previous year.
*There were 113,494 scholars from 187 places of origin teaching and
conducting research at U.S. colleges and universities during the
2008-09 academic year.
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By Valerie Strauss | November 15, 2010; 10:50 AM ET
Categories: Research | Tags: china overtakes india, china tops india,
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increase, open doors
International Student Enrollments Rose in the United States Despite
Economic Downturn
Indian student enrollments in the U.S. for 2009/10 increased by 2%
over the previous year, while total foreign student numbers increased
by 3%
NEW DELHI, November 15, 2010—The number of students from India
studying at colleges and universities in the United States rose 2% to
a total of nearly 105,000 during the 2009/10 academic year, according
to Open Doors, a report published annually by the Institute of
International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of
State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Indian students
represent 15% of all international students in U.S. higher education,
and India is now the second leading place of origin. In the previous
year, there were more than 103,000 international students from India
studying in the U.S., an increase of 9% from 2007/08. India was the
leading place of origin for international students in the United
States from 2000/01 through 2008/09.
President Obama’s visit to India on November 7-10 and the Obama-Singh
21st Century Knowledge Initiative signal a strong commitment by both
countries to building partnerships that help foster US-Indo
educational and economic cooperation. In addition, a visit to India
this month by representatives from 10 U.S. campuses, led by the
Institute of International Education as part of the International
Academic Partnership Program, funded by the U.S. Department of
Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE), seeks to increase the number of international partnerships
between higher education institutions in the U.S. and those in India.
The United States is by far the leading destination for students from
India who study outside of their own country, followed by the United
Kingdom and Australia. With nearly 105,000 Indian students in U.S.
higher education, the United States hosts nearly three times as many
Indian students as the UK, which hosted about 36,000, and four times
as many Indian students as Australia, which hosted approximately
21,000 Indian students according to currently available estimates.
The total number of international students at colleges and
universities in the U.S. increased by 3% to 690,923 during the 2009/10
academic year, a record high number of international students in the
United States. This growth was primarily driven by a 30% increase in
enrollments of students from China. The number of Chinese students in
U.S. higher education rose to a total of nearly 128,000, or more than
18% of the total international student population, making China the
leading sending country. There are tens of thousands more students
from India in U.S. higher education than from any other country except
China. In 2009/10, there were approximately 72,000 students from South
Korea.
Together, the top three sending countries—China, India and South Korea—
comprise nearly half (44%) of the total international enrollments in
U.S. higher education. Canada, Taiwan and Japan each represent close
to 4% of the total international student population, with these top
six places of origin comprising 56%. Each of the other sending
countries represents 2% or less of the total number of international
students in the United States.
Open Doors 2010 reports 2009/10 enrollments, affected by decisions
made in a period of economic downturn in the U.S. and in many
countries around the world. The data reveal a complicated picture of
international student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities,
with enrollment patterns varying widely according to place of origin
and academic level. There were strong increases in the number of
students from a few countries, but more than half of the top 25
sending countries showed decreases, resulting in a slower rate of
overall growth than had been seen in recent years. Open Doors 2010
reports increases in enrollments of 6% or less from India, Vietnam,
Turkey, U.K., Brazil, France, Nigeria, Malaysia and Venezuela.
According to Open Doors 2010, 65% of Indian students studied in the
U.S. at the graduate level in 2009/10, and the top three fields of
study for Indian students were engineering, math and computer science,
and business and management. While several studies have shown that the
United States remains the preferred destination for Indian students
who go overseas for higher education, recent reports also indicate
that changes in the home country economy and higher education sector
in recent years have encouraged Indian students to pursue graduate
education or enter the job market in India.
Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has committed
himself to policies focused on building capacity within higher
education in India to educate more students. Policies also support
developing linkages with foreign partners to advance the country’s
participation in international education. The Institute of
International Education presented Minister Sibal with the Stephen P.
Duggan Award for Mutual Understanding, IIE’s highest honor, at an
awards dinner in New York in September, in recognition of his resolute
support of global collaboration in education.
Minister Sibal’s leadership plays a role in the larger context of the
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, designed to build an
enhanced India-US strategic partnership in education. The initiative
was announced in November 2009 and is being finalized in 2010, with
both the governments pledging $5 million each that will fund
university partnerships and faculty development.
The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) will play a
role in working with U.S. higher education institutions on developing
partnership programs. USIEF serves as the Fulbright Commission in
India and has been a longstanding partner with IIE. Since 1950, more
than 5,000 Indian students and scholars have come to the U.S. and more
than 3,100 American teachers, scholars and students have gone to India
since 1950 through the Fulbright Program. IIE has administered the
Fulbright Program activities in the United States since the program’s
inception more than 60 years ago. The U.S. and Indian Governments
recently signed a historic new Fulbright agreement, effectively
doubling the number of Fulbright-Nehru grants for American and Indian
students and scholars.
Open Doors also reports figures for American students who study
abroad. Open Doors 2010 reports that 260,327 students studied abroad
for academic credit during academic year 2008/09. This is a modest
decrease of 0.8% from the previous year, following decades of steady
growth, with increases of 9% and 8% in the preceding two years. The
figures released today were for study abroad that took place during
academic year 2008/09, representing decisions made by students and
parents during the economic downturn. Early indications from an online
survey conducted in October 2010 show that these numbers are already
beginning to rebound, with 55% of campuses reporting that they saw an
increase in the number of their students who studied abroad in 2009/10
compared to the previous year.
India is one of the top 25 study abroad destinations for U.S.
students, with close to 2,700 U.S. students receiving credit for study
abroad in India in 2008/09, despite a decline of nearly 15% from the
previous year. However, the number of U.S. students who study abroad
in India has increased dramatically since a decade ago, when Open
Doors reported that only about 700 Americans studied in India in
1998/99.
Background: building institutional partnerships
From November 7-12, a delegation of leaders from ten U.S. colleges and
universities are visiting India as part of the International Academic
Partnership Program, an IIE program funded by the U.S. Department of
Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE). Participating campuses represent the full diversity of the
U.S. higher education system, including women’s colleges, large
research institutions, liberal arts schools, and historically black
colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Accompanying the delegation are Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education, along with Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor
for Education at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S.
Department of State. The study tour includes visits to potential
Indian partner campuses and international organizations in Bangalore,
Mumbai and Delhi. It is the culmination of a year-long training
program focused on implementing and sustaining partnerships with
higher education institutions in India. Visit www.iie.org to read the
delegation press release.
In March 2010, IIE’s President Dr. Allan Goodman and Dr. Martha
Kanter, the Under Secretary of Education, led a delegation of U.S.
higher education leaders in a week-long visit to India, to promote
U.S. higher education and to expand linkages with Indian higher
education institutions. During that visit, IIE released International
India: A Turning Point in Educational Exchange with the U.S., the
third in a series of Global Education Research Reports published with
support from the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS)
Foundation, bringing together the perspectives of Indian and U.S.
specialists to focus on U.S.-India higher education exchanges at a
critical moment in this important relationship.
About the Institute of International Education
The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the
international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit
organization founded in 1919, IIE has network of over 20 offices
worldwide and over 1,000 member institutions. IIE designs and
implements programs of study and training for students, educators,
young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from
government agencies, foundations, and corporations. IIE also conducts
policy research and program evaluations, and provides advising and
counseling on international education and opportunities abroad.
The Institute of International Education has been engaged with higher
education in India for over 50 years and has had an office in New
Delhi since 2005. IIE India works closely with businesses,
governments, and non-governmental organizations in the region, and has
developed and implemented a strong set of activities in higher
education scholarship administration, leadership development, and
critical development fields, including energy.
Institute of International Education Leads Higher Education Delegation
to Build Linkages between India and the United States
Leaders from Ten U.S. Colleges and Universities Visit Bangalore,
Mumbai and New Delhi
NEW DELHI, November 7, 2010—The Institute of International Education
(IIE) led a delegation of U.S. higher education government officials
and high level administrators from ten U.S. colleges and universities,
who visited India as part of the International Academic Partnership
Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). This program, an
initiative of IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher
Education, seeks to increase the number of international partnerships
between higher education institutions in the U.S. and those in India.
Higher education institutions in the United States and India are
increasingly seeking out partnerships with counterparts to enhance
academic collaboration, expand curricular offerings, advance joint
research, and prepare their students with the international
experiences and cross-cultural tools needed in their careers. However,
many institutions face significant challenges in navigating education
systems in other countries, identifying appropriate partners and
developing effective institutional partnership strategies.
Representatives of ten U.S. institutions participated in a week-long
study tour in India, visiting potential Indian partner campuses and
international organizations in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The
November 7-12 visit was the culmination of a year-long training
program focused on implementing and sustaining partnerships with
higher education institutions in India. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
joined the delegation, along with Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor
for Education at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
The 2010 International Academic Partnership Program institutions are
California State University, San Bernardino, College of William and
Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Oakland Community College, Ohio
Wesleyan University, Spelman College, St. Cloud State University, The
University of Tulsa, University of South Carolina and Winston Salem
State University. These campuses were chosen from a competitive
candidate pool of more than 75 nominations and represent the breadth
of U.S. institutions seeking linkages with institutions in India,
including women’s colleges, large research institutions, liberal arts
schools, and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
To begin the tour, participants attended an introductory workshop on
Indian Higher Education, and discussed U.S. and Indian priorities for
developing academic linkages. Speakers included Parwan Agarwal,
Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Cooperation Department;
Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary for Higher Education, Government of
Karnataka; and Geetha Bali, Vice Chancellor, Karnataka State Women’s
University and General President, Indian Science Congress Association.
The Honorable Minister of Higher Education of the Government of
Karnataka Dr. V.S. Acharya chaired the afternoon Keynote Address,
“Higher Education in India: Government Priorities and Vision.”
The delegation visited higher education institutions and international
organizations in the selected cities to observe higher education in
India and learn about international partnership priorities from the
Indian perspective. The delegates will visit Dayananda Sagar and
National Law School Bangalore in Bangalore; Narsee Monjee Institute of
Management Studies, National Institute of Industrial Engineering
(NITIE), ICFAI Indian Business School, and Tata Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai; and Lady Sri Ram College, Indian Institute
of Foreign Trade (IIFT), India Technical Institute PUSA (ITI PUSA),
IIT Delhi, and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in
Delhi. IIE also facilitated B2B meetings on November 10 in New Delhi
with other Indian institutions.
The study tour culminated with a visit to the United States-India
Educational Foundation (USIEF) in New Delhi, which is the Fulbright
Commission for India and operates the EducationUSA advising center.
Several of the participants also joined the 2010 Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Educational Summit, where
delegates presented on several panels and met with potential partner
institutions.
IAPP is one of several IIE initiatives targeted at strengthening
higher education bonds between the U.S. and India. In March 2010 IIE
published, with support from the American Institute For Foreign Study
(AIFS) Foundation, International India: A Turning Point in Educational
Exchange with the U.S., the most comprehensive volume in recent years
to focus on U.S.-India higher education exchanges at a critical moment
in this important relationship. The new book debuted at a reception in
New Delhi during a weeklong visit to India by a delegation of U.S.
higher education leaders, led by IIE President and CEO Dr. Allan
Goodman and Dr. Martha Kanter, the Under Secretary of Education, to
promote U.S. higher education and to enhance and expand linkages with
institutions in India.
In September, the Institute of International Education presented
Minister Kapil Sibal with the Stephen P. Duggan Award for Mutual
Understanding, IIE’s highest honor, at an awards dinner in New York,
in recognition of his resolute support of global collaboration in
education. Minister Sibal’s leadership plays a role in the larger
context of the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, designed
to build an enhanced India-US strategic partnership in education. The
initiative was announced in November 2009 and is being finalized in
2010, with the governments of both countries pledging $5 million each
to fund university partnerships and faculty development.
According to Open Doors, a report published annually by IIE with
support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the
United States Department of State, Indian students in the United
States represent slightly more than 15% of the total international
student population in the United States. In 2008/09, there were more
than 103,000 international students from India studying in the United
States. The number of students from the United States studying abroad
in India has also increased rapidly in recent years, although from a
much smaller base. In the 2007/08 academic year, more than 3,000
students from U.S. colleges and universities received credit for study
abroad in India.
New data from Open Doors 2010 was released on Monday, November 15, and
was presented at a special press conference that afternoon in New
Delhi.
About the Institute of International Education
The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the
international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit
organization founded in 1919, IIE has network of over 20 offices
worldwide and over 1,000 member institutions. IIE designs and
implements programs of study and training for students, educators,
young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from
government agencies, foundations, and corporations. IIE also conducts
policy research and program evaluations, and provides advising and
counseling on international education and opportunities abroad.
The Institute of International Education has been engaged with higher
education in India for over 50 years and has had an office in New
Delhi since 2005. IIE India works closely with businesses,
governments, and non-governmental organizations in the region, and has
developed and implemented a strong set of activities in higher
education scholarship administration, leadership development, and
critical development fields, including energy.
IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education is
also working to strengthen linkages between the U.S. and other
countries in Asia. The IAPP activities for 2011 will focus on
developing linkages in higher education between the U.S. and China. In
addition, the Center has launched the U.S. Indonesia Partnership
Program for Study Abroad Capacity (USIPP) to help advance Indonesian
higher education institutions’ capacity to provide high-quality study
abroad programs for U.S. undergraduates. A two-year initiative
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, USIPP will bring together six U.S. institutions with
six Indonesian institutions to develop new, innovative study abroad
opportunities for U.S. undergraduates in Indonesia and ultimately help
Indonesian universities better prepare to host American students.
Institute of International Education Delegation to India
November 7 – 12, 2010
Participant List
U.S. Department of Education — Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education
U.S. Department of State — Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor for
Education, Bureau of South and
Central Asian Affairs
U.S. Department of State — Ryan M. Miller, India Desk Officer, Bureau
of South and Central Asian Affairs
California State University, San Bernardino
Jotindar Johar, Marketing Professor
Tatiana Karmanova, Dean, College of Extended Learning
Chetan Prakash, Mathematics Professor
College of William and Mary
Stephen Sechrist, Assistant Director of International Students &
Scholars
Kathleen Slevin, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs/Chancellor and
Professor of Sociology
Florida Atlantic University — Catherine Meschievitz, Director, Office
of International Programs
Oakland Community College
Marilynn Kokoszka, Program Coordinator, Global Studies and History
Faculty
M. Cathey Maze, Dean, Academic and Student Services
Steven Reif, Campus President, Royal Oak/Southfield
Ohio Wesleyan University
Darrell Albon, Director, International and Off Campus Programs
Craig Ullom, Vice President of Student Affairs
Spelman College — Tinaz Pavri, Professor and Chair, Department of
Political Science
St. Cloud State University
Ben Baliga, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Todd DeVriese, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Ann Radwan, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and
International Studies
University of South Carolina
Venkataraman Lakshmi, Department Chair, Earth and Ocean Sciences
T.S. Sudarshan, Chair, Electrical Engineering Department
Patricia Willer , Associate Vice President for International Programs
University of Tulsa
Cheryl Matherly, Assistant Provost for Global Education
Kalpana Misra, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Science
Winston-Salem State University
Jessica Bailey, Dean, School of Business and Economics
Jotinder Sekhon, Director of International Programs
Peggy Valentine, Dean, School of Health Sciences
Institute of International Education
Shannon Harrison, Assistant Director, Higher Education Services
Lisa Long, Program Officer, International Partnerships
Ajit Motwani, Director, IIE-India
Daniel Obst, Deputy Vice President, International Partnerships
Preetika Sachar, Special Program Coordinator, IIE-India
IAPP Advisory Board Member—Susan Buck Sutton, Associate Vice
Chancellor of International Affairs, Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis and Associate Vice President, Indiana
University
Kapil Sibal
Minister of Human Resource Development, India
IIE presents the Stephen P. Duggan Award for Mutual Understanding to
The Honorable Kapil Sibal in recognition of his vision of global
education and commitment to internationalizing Indian higher
education.
Gala 2010
At its 2010 International Awards Gala, IIE presented awards to visual
artist and Fulbright alumnus Chuck Close, Microsoft, India’s HRD
Minister Kapil Sibal, and Denise Benmosche and Amy Brandt.
View Minister Sibal’s website
At the Institute of International Education’s awards gala in New York
City on September 21, IIE presented Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human
Resource Development in India, with its Stephen P. Duggan Award for
Mutual Understanding, named for the Institute’s founder. The award is
given to outstanding individuals who further IIE’s work in
international exchange. In presenting the award, IIE trustee and
dinner co-chair S.A. Ibrahim praised Minister Sibal for his “vision of
global education and commitment to internationalizing Indian higher
education, especially through partnerships with U.S. institutions,
promises to provide greater higher education access across India and
open India’s doors to increased global collaboration.” Sam Pitroda,
Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, joined Mr. Ibrahim in
presenting the award.
In accepting the award Minister Sibal said he was “indeed honored to
have been conferred this very prestigious award…We are confronting
enormous challenges that afflict the global community for which we
will need solutions and the only way that that can happen is through
empowerment through education. There is no other way that we can
combat the challenges of the 21st century.”
“The challenges are truly global, the challenges of hunger, poverty,
of global warming and climate change, of energy, of the way we deal
with nature. And all of those challenges cannot be confronted by
nations acting on their own. They’ll have to be confronted by the
global community working together. Education is about intense
collaboration in an environment of competitiveness. The environment
must be competitive, but the exercise must be collaborative. And it is
in this spirit that we in India approach education. It is in this
spirit that I come here this evening to reach out to you and to say
that it is time for us to hold each other’s hands to confront the
challenges of tomorrow.”
IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education is
working on a special partnership initiative this year between U.S. and
Indian higher education institutions, and the Institute published a
book in 2010 on educational exchange between the United States and
India.
A Member of Indian Parliament for over 10 years, Minister Sibal
previously served as Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth
Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet. Among his many
initiatives, Minister Sibal is committed to providing greater access
to higher education across India, in particular through
internationalization and partnerships with U.S. institutions. He has
pioneered efforts to open India’s doors to increased global
collaboration, competence and understanding. As Minister for Science,
Technology, and Earth Sciences, Minister Sibal supported advances in
Indian science and technology as the foundation for building a more
modern, globally competitive India.
Born in Jalandhar, Punjab, Minister Sibal received his MA in History
from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and a law degree from
the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. In 1977, he received an LLM
from Harvard Law School.
Minister Sibal is a published author and poet. He and his wife Nina
have two sons, Amit and Akhil. In 2006, the Government of India
honored him with the ‘Padma Bhushan’ award for his distinguished
services in the field of Public Affairs.
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China overtakes India as No. 1 source of foreign students in U.S.
By Valerie Strauss
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said that
2009-10 was the first year China was atop the list of countries that
sent the most students to study in the United States. The information
includes some new data on China.
China zoomed past India as the main source of foreign students coming
to the United States to attend college, with a 30 percent jump in
Chinese students in a single year, according to a new report released
today.
The number of international students in the United States increased
2.9 percent in 2009-10 over the previous year, to 690,923 students.
The University of Southern California hosted the most of any other
school, and California was the leading state.
But there was a decline of 0.8 percent in the number of American
students who studied abroad for credit last year (260,327) from the
year before (262,416).
The data is part of the annual “Open Doors: Report on International
Educational Exchange,” published by the Institute of International
Education with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs. Open Doors is a comprehensive
information resource on international students and scholars studying
or teaching at higher education institutions in the United States, and
U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their home
colleges or universities.
China overtook India as the main source of foreign students in the
United States, jumping 30 percent from 98,235 in 2008-09 to 127,628
last year. This is seen as a reflection of the growing Chinese
economy. Most of the Chinese students in the United States are in
graduate school, but there was a 50 percent increase in college
freshmen last year over 2008-09.
The second-largest increase of foreign students last year from the
year before were students from Saudi Arabia, which had a 25 percent
jump, from 12,661 in 2008-9 to 15,810 in 2009-10.
India, which had been in the top spot in recent years, stayed nearly
steady, with 104,897 students in 2009-10, up from 103,260 in 2008-09,
a 1.6 percent increase.
China sent no students to the U.S. from the 1950s until 1974-75. In
the 1980s, numbers of Chinese students grew dramatically, and in
1988-89, China displaced Taiwan as the leading sender and remained the
leading place of origin until it was displaced by Japan in 1994-95. In
1998-99, China became the leading sender again until 2001-02. From
2001-02 to 2008-09, India was the only place of origin with more
students in the United States.
Here are the top 10 states hosting foreign students in 2009-10:
1. University of Southern California — Los Angeles – 7,987
2. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign – 7,287
3. New York University 7,276
4. Purdue University – Main Campus West Lafayette, Ind. – 6,903
5. Columbia University New York City – 6,833
6. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor – 6,095
7. University of California at Los Angeles – 5,685
8. Michigan State University, East Lansing – 5,358
9. University of Texas at Austin – 5,265
10. Boston University – 5,172
Here are the top 10 countries sending students to the United States
and the percentage change from 2008-09 to 2009-10):
1. China 127,628 (up 30 percent)
2. India 104,897 (up 1.6 percent)
3. South Korea 72,153 (down 3.9 percent)
4. Canada 28,145 (down 5.2 percent)
5. Taiwan 26,685 (down 4.9 percent)
6. Japan 24,842 (down 15.1)
7. Saudi Arabia 15,810 (up 24.9)
8. Mexico 13,450 (down 9.4 percent)
9. Vietnam 13,112 (up 2. 3 percent)
10. Turkey 2,397 (up 2.0 percent)
Here are the top 10 states hosting foreign students in 2009-10 with
the percentage change from 2008-09 to 2009-10:
1. California 94,279 (up 1.2 percent)
2. New York 76,146 (up 1.6 percent)
3. Texas 58,934 (up 1.3 percent)
4. Massachusetts 35,313 (up 4.4 percent)
5. Illinois 31,093 (up 4 percent)
6. Florida 29,708 (down 2.2 percent)
7. Pennsylvania 28,097 (up 2.1)
8. Michigan 24,214 (up 2.5 percent)
9. Ohio 22,370 (up 7.9 percent)
10. Indiana 18,569 (up 8.6 increase)
Other facts from the report:
*New international student enrollment – students enrolling for the
first time at a U.S. institution in Fall 2009 – increased 1.3 percent
over the previous year.
*There were 113,494 scholars from 187 places of origin teaching and
conducting research at U.S. colleges and universities during the
2008-09 academic year.
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By Valerie Strauss | November 15, 2010; 10:50 AM ET
Categories: Research | Tags: china overtakes india, china tops india,
foreign students, international students, international students
increase, open doors
International Student Enrollments Rose in the United States Despite
Economic Downturn
Indian student enrollments in the U.S. for 2009/10 increased by 2%
over the previous year, while total foreign student numbers increased
by 3%
NEW DELHI, November 15, 2010—The number of students from India
studying at colleges and universities in the United States rose 2% to
a total of nearly 105,000 during the 2009/10 academic year, according
to Open Doors, a report published annually by the Institute of
International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of
State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Indian students
represent 15% of all international students in U.S. higher education,
and India is now the second leading place of origin. In the previous
year, there were more than 103,000 international students from India
studying in the U.S., an increase of 9% from 2007/08. India was the
leading place of origin for international students in the United
States from 2000/01 through 2008/09.
President Obama’s visit to India on November 7-10 and the Obama-Singh
21st Century Knowledge Initiative signal a strong commitment by both
countries to building partnerships that help foster US-Indo
educational and economic cooperation. In addition, a visit to India
this month by representatives from 10 U.S. campuses, led by the
Institute of International Education as part of the International
Academic Partnership Program, funded by the U.S. Department of
Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE), seeks to increase the number of international partnerships
between higher education institutions in the U.S. and those in India.
The United States is by far the leading destination for students from
India who study outside of their own country, followed by the United
Kingdom and Australia. With nearly 105,000 Indian students in U.S.
higher education, the United States hosts nearly three times as many
Indian students as the UK, which hosted about 36,000, and four times
as many Indian students as Australia, which hosted approximately
21,000 Indian students according to currently available estimates.
The total number of international students at colleges and
universities in the U.S. increased by 3% to 690,923 during the 2009/10
academic year, a record high number of international students in the
United States. This growth was primarily driven by a 30% increase in
enrollments of students from China. The number of Chinese students in
U.S. higher education rose to a total of nearly 128,000, or more than
18% of the total international student population, making China the
leading sending country. There are tens of thousands more students
from India in U.S. higher education than from any other country except
China. In 2009/10, there were approximately 72,000 students from South
Korea.
Together, the top three sending countries—China, India and South Korea—
comprise nearly half (44%) of the total international enrollments in
U.S. higher education. Canada, Taiwan and Japan each represent close
to 4% of the total international student population, with these top
six places of origin comprising 56%. Each of the other sending
countries represents 2% or less of the total number of international
students in the United States.
Open Doors 2010 reports 2009/10 enrollments, affected by decisions
made in a period of economic downturn in the U.S. and in many
countries around the world. The data reveal a complicated picture of
international student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities,
with enrollment patterns varying widely according to place of origin
and academic level. There were strong increases in the number of
students from a few countries, but more than half of the top 25
sending countries showed decreases, resulting in a slower rate of
overall growth than had been seen in recent years. Open Doors 2010
reports increases in enrollments of 6% or less from India, Vietnam,
Turkey, U.K., Brazil, France, Nigeria, Malaysia and Venezuela.
According to Open Doors 2010, 65% of Indian students studied in the
U.S. at the graduate level in 2009/10, and the top three fields of
study for Indian students were engineering, math and computer science,
and business and management. While several studies have shown that the
United States remains the preferred destination for Indian students
who go overseas for higher education, recent reports also indicate
that changes in the home country economy and higher education sector
in recent years have encouraged Indian students to pursue graduate
education or enter the job market in India.
Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has committed
himself to policies focused on building capacity within higher
education in India to educate more students. Policies also support
developing linkages with foreign partners to advance the country’s
participation in international education. The Institute of
International Education presented Minister Sibal with the Stephen P.
Duggan Award for Mutual Understanding, IIE’s highest honor, at an
awards dinner in New York in September, in recognition of his resolute
support of global collaboration in education.
Minister Sibal’s leadership plays a role in the larger context of the
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, designed to build an
enhanced India-US strategic partnership in education. The initiative
was announced in November 2009 and is being finalized in 2010, with
both the governments pledging $5 million each that will fund
university partnerships and faculty development.
The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) will play a
role in working with U.S. higher education institutions on developing
partnership programs. USIEF serves as the Fulbright Commission in
India and has been a longstanding partner with IIE. Since 1950, more
than 5,000 Indian students and scholars have come to the U.S. and more
than 3,100 American teachers, scholars and students have gone to India
since 1950 through the Fulbright Program. IIE has administered the
Fulbright Program activities in the United States since the program’s
inception more than 60 years ago. The U.S. and Indian Governments
recently signed a historic new Fulbright agreement, effectively
doubling the number of Fulbright-Nehru grants for American and Indian
students and scholars.
Open Doors also reports figures for American students who study
abroad. Open Doors 2010 reports that 260,327 students studied abroad
for academic credit during academic year 2008/09. This is a modest
decrease of 0.8% from the previous year, following decades of steady
growth, with increases of 9% and 8% in the preceding two years. The
figures released today were for study abroad that took place during
academic year 2008/09, representing decisions made by students and
parents during the economic downturn. Early indications from an online
survey conducted in October 2010 show that these numbers are already
beginning to rebound, with 55% of campuses reporting that they saw an
increase in the number of their students who studied abroad in 2009/10
compared to the previous year.
India is one of the top 25 study abroad destinations for U.S.
students, with close to 2,700 U.S. students receiving credit for study
abroad in India in 2008/09, despite a decline of nearly 15% from the
previous year. However, the number of U.S. students who study abroad
in India has increased dramatically since a decade ago, when Open
Doors reported that only about 700 Americans studied in India in
1998/99.
Background: building institutional partnerships
From November 7-12, a delegation of leaders from ten U.S. colleges and
universities are visiting India as part of the International Academic
Partnership Program, an IIE program funded by the U.S. Department of
Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE). Participating campuses represent the full diversity of the
U.S. higher education system, including women’s colleges, large
research institutions, liberal arts schools, and historically black
colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Accompanying the delegation are Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education, along with Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor
for Education at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S.
Department of State. The study tour includes visits to potential
Indian partner campuses and international organizations in Bangalore,
Mumbai and Delhi. It is the culmination of a year-long training
program focused on implementing and sustaining partnerships with
higher education institutions in India. Visit www.iie.org to read the
delegation press release.
In March 2010, IIE’s President Dr. Allan Goodman and Dr. Martha
Kanter, the Under Secretary of Education, led a delegation of U.S.
higher education leaders in a week-long visit to India, to promote
U.S. higher education and to expand linkages with Indian higher
education institutions. During that visit, IIE released International
India: A Turning Point in Educational Exchange with the U.S., the
third in a series of Global Education Research Reports published with
support from the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS)
Foundation, bringing together the perspectives of Indian and U.S.
specialists to focus on U.S.-India higher education exchanges at a
critical moment in this important relationship.
About the Institute of International Education
The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the
international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit
organization founded in 1919, IIE has network of over 20 offices
worldwide and over 1,000 member institutions. IIE designs and
implements programs of study and training for students, educators,
young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from
government agencies, foundations, and corporations. IIE also conducts
policy research and program evaluations, and provides advising and
counseling on international education and opportunities abroad.
The Institute of International Education has been engaged with higher
education in India for over 50 years and has had an office in New
Delhi since 2005. IIE India works closely with businesses,
governments, and non-governmental organizations in the region, and has
developed and implemented a strong set of activities in higher
education scholarship administration, leadership development, and
critical development fields, including energy.
Institute of International Education Leads Higher Education Delegation
to Build Linkages between India and the United States
Leaders from Ten U.S. Colleges and Universities Visit Bangalore,
Mumbai and New Delhi
NEW DELHI, November 7, 2010—The Institute of International Education
(IIE) led a delegation of U.S. higher education government officials
and high level administrators from ten U.S. colleges and universities,
who visited India as part of the International Academic Partnership
Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). This program, an
initiative of IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher
Education, seeks to increase the number of international partnerships
between higher education institutions in the U.S. and those in India.
Higher education institutions in the United States and India are
increasingly seeking out partnerships with counterparts to enhance
academic collaboration, expand curricular offerings, advance joint
research, and prepare their students with the international
experiences and cross-cultural tools needed in their careers. However,
many institutions face significant challenges in navigating education
systems in other countries, identifying appropriate partners and
developing effective institutional partnership strategies.
Representatives of ten U.S. institutions participated in a week-long
study tour in India, visiting potential Indian partner campuses and
international organizations in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The
November 7-12 visit was the culmination of a year-long training
program focused on implementing and sustaining partnerships with
higher education institutions in India. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
joined the delegation, along with Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor
for Education at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
The 2010 International Academic Partnership Program institutions are
California State University, San Bernardino, College of William and
Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Oakland Community College, Ohio
Wesleyan University, Spelman College, St. Cloud State University, The
University of Tulsa, University of South Carolina and Winston Salem
State University. These campuses were chosen from a competitive
candidate pool of more than 75 nominations and represent the breadth
of U.S. institutions seeking linkages with institutions in India,
including women’s colleges, large research institutions, liberal arts
schools, and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
To begin the tour, participants attended an introductory workshop on
Indian Higher Education, and discussed U.S. and Indian priorities for
developing academic linkages. Speakers included Parwan Agarwal,
Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Cooperation Department;
Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary for Higher Education, Government of
Karnataka; and Geetha Bali, Vice Chancellor, Karnataka State Women’s
University and General President, Indian Science Congress Association.
The Honorable Minister of Higher Education of the Government of
Karnataka Dr. V.S. Acharya chaired the afternoon Keynote Address,
“Higher Education in India: Government Priorities and Vision.”
The delegation visited higher education institutions and international
organizations in the selected cities to observe higher education in
India and learn about international partnership priorities from the
Indian perspective. The delegates will visit Dayananda Sagar and
National Law School Bangalore in Bangalore; Narsee Monjee Institute of
Management Studies, National Institute of Industrial Engineering
(NITIE), ICFAI Indian Business School, and Tata Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai; and Lady Sri Ram College, Indian Institute
of Foreign Trade (IIFT), India Technical Institute PUSA (ITI PUSA),
IIT Delhi, and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in
Delhi. IIE also facilitated B2B meetings on November 10 in New Delhi
with other Indian institutions.
The study tour culminated with a visit to the United States-India
Educational Foundation (USIEF) in New Delhi, which is the Fulbright
Commission for India and operates the EducationUSA advising center.
Several of the participants also joined the 2010 Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Educational Summit, where
delegates presented on several panels and met with potential partner
institutions.
IAPP is one of several IIE initiatives targeted at strengthening
higher education bonds between the U.S. and India. In March 2010 IIE
published, with support from the American Institute For Foreign Study
(AIFS) Foundation, International India: A Turning Point in Educational
Exchange with the U.S., the most comprehensive volume in recent years
to focus on U.S.-India higher education exchanges at a critical moment
in this important relationship. The new book debuted at a reception in
New Delhi during a weeklong visit to India by a delegation of U.S.
higher education leaders, led by IIE President and CEO Dr. Allan
Goodman and Dr. Martha Kanter, the Under Secretary of Education, to
promote U.S. higher education and to enhance and expand linkages with
institutions in India.
In September, the Institute of International Education presented
Minister Kapil Sibal with the Stephen P. Duggan Award for Mutual
Understanding, IIE’s highest honor, at an awards dinner in New York,
in recognition of his resolute support of global collaboration in
education. Minister Sibal’s leadership plays a role in the larger
context of the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, designed
to build an enhanced India-US strategic partnership in education. The
initiative was announced in November 2009 and is being finalized in
2010, with the governments of both countries pledging $5 million each
to fund university partnerships and faculty development.
According to Open Doors, a report published annually by IIE with
support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the
United States Department of State, Indian students in the United
States represent slightly more than 15% of the total international
student population in the United States. In 2008/09, there were more
than 103,000 international students from India studying in the United
States. The number of students from the United States studying abroad
in India has also increased rapidly in recent years, although from a
much smaller base. In the 2007/08 academic year, more than 3,000
students from U.S. colleges and universities received credit for study
abroad in India.
New data from Open Doors 2010 was released on Monday, November 15, and
was presented at a special press conference that afternoon in New
Delhi.
About the Institute of International Education
The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the
international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit
organization founded in 1919, IIE has network of over 20 offices
worldwide and over 1,000 member institutions. IIE designs and
implements programs of study and training for students, educators,
young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from
government agencies, foundations, and corporations. IIE also conducts
policy research and program evaluations, and provides advising and
counseling on international education and opportunities abroad.
The Institute of International Education has been engaged with higher
education in India for over 50 years and has had an office in New
Delhi since 2005. IIE India works closely with businesses,
governments, and non-governmental organizations in the region, and has
developed and implemented a strong set of activities in higher
education scholarship administration, leadership development, and
critical development fields, including energy.
IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education is
also working to strengthen linkages between the U.S. and other
countries in Asia. The IAPP activities for 2011 will focus on
developing linkages in higher education between the U.S. and China. In
addition, the Center has launched the U.S. Indonesia Partnership
Program for Study Abroad Capacity (USIPP) to help advance Indonesian
higher education institutions’ capacity to provide high-quality study
abroad programs for U.S. undergraduates. A two-year initiative
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, USIPP will bring together six U.S. institutions with
six Indonesian institutions to develop new, innovative study abroad
opportunities for U.S. undergraduates in Indonesia and ultimately help
Indonesian universities better prepare to host American students.
Institute of International Education Delegation to India
November 7 – 12, 2010
Participant List
U.S. Department of Education — Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education
U.S. Department of State — Molly Maguire Teas, Senior Advisor for
Education, Bureau of South and
Central Asian Affairs
U.S. Department of State — Ryan M. Miller, India Desk Officer, Bureau
of South and Central Asian Affairs
California State University, San Bernardino
Jotindar Johar, Marketing Professor
Tatiana Karmanova, Dean, College of Extended Learning
Chetan Prakash, Mathematics Professor
College of William and Mary
Stephen Sechrist, Assistant Director of International Students &
Scholars
Kathleen Slevin, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs/Chancellor and
Professor of Sociology
Florida Atlantic University — Catherine Meschievitz, Director, Office
of International Programs
Oakland Community College
Marilynn Kokoszka, Program Coordinator, Global Studies and History
Faculty
M. Cathey Maze, Dean, Academic and Student Services
Steven Reif, Campus President, Royal Oak/Southfield
Ohio Wesleyan University
Darrell Albon, Director, International and Off Campus Programs
Craig Ullom, Vice President of Student Affairs
Spelman College — Tinaz Pavri, Professor and Chair, Department of
Political Science
St. Cloud State University
Ben Baliga, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Todd DeVriese, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Ann Radwan, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and
International Studies
University of South Carolina
Venkataraman Lakshmi, Department Chair, Earth and Ocean Sciences
T.S. Sudarshan, Chair, Electrical Engineering Department
Patricia Willer , Associate Vice President for International Programs
University of Tulsa
Cheryl Matherly, Assistant Provost for Global Education
Kalpana Misra, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Science
Winston-Salem State University
Jessica Bailey, Dean, School of Business and Economics
Jotinder Sekhon, Director of International Programs
Peggy Valentine, Dean, School of Health Sciences
Institute of International Education
Shannon Harrison, Assistant Director, Higher Education Services
Lisa Long, Program Officer, International Partnerships
Ajit Motwani, Director, IIE-India
Daniel Obst, Deputy Vice President, International Partnerships
Preetika Sachar, Special Program Coordinator, IIE-India
IAPP Advisory Board Member—Susan Buck Sutton, Associate Vice
Chancellor of International Affairs, Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis and Associate Vice President, Indiana
University
Kapil Sibal
Minister of Human Resource Development, India
IIE presents the Stephen P. Duggan Award for Mutual Understanding to
The Honorable Kapil Sibal in recognition of his vision of global
education and commitment to internationalizing Indian higher
education.
Gala 2010
At its 2010 International Awards Gala, IIE presented awards to visual
artist and Fulbright alumnus Chuck Close, Microsoft, India’s HRD
Minister Kapil Sibal, and Denise Benmosche and Amy Brandt.
View Minister Sibal’s website
At the Institute of International Education’s awards gala in New York
City on September 21, IIE presented Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human
Resource Development in India, with its Stephen P. Duggan Award for
Mutual Understanding, named for the Institute’s founder. The award is
given to outstanding individuals who further IIE’s work in
international exchange. In presenting the award, IIE trustee and
dinner co-chair S.A. Ibrahim praised Minister Sibal for his “vision of
global education and commitment to internationalizing Indian higher
education, especially through partnerships with U.S. institutions,
promises to provide greater higher education access across India and
open India’s doors to increased global collaboration.” Sam Pitroda,
Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, joined Mr. Ibrahim in
presenting the award.
In accepting the award Minister Sibal said he was “indeed honored to
have been conferred this very prestigious award…We are confronting
enormous challenges that afflict the global community for which we
will need solutions and the only way that that can happen is through
empowerment through education. There is no other way that we can
combat the challenges of the 21st century.”
“The challenges are truly global, the challenges of hunger, poverty,
of global warming and climate change, of energy, of the way we deal
with nature. And all of those challenges cannot be confronted by
nations acting on their own. They’ll have to be confronted by the
global community working together. Education is about intense
collaboration in an environment of competitiveness. The environment
must be competitive, but the exercise must be collaborative. And it is
in this spirit that we in India approach education. It is in this
spirit that I come here this evening to reach out to you and to say
that it is time for us to hold each other’s hands to confront the
challenges of tomorrow.”
IIE’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education is
working on a special partnership initiative this year between U.S. and
Indian higher education institutions, and the Institute published a
book in 2010 on educational exchange between the United States and
India.
A Member of Indian Parliament for over 10 years, Minister Sibal
previously served as Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth
Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet. Among his many
initiatives, Minister Sibal is committed to providing greater access
to higher education across India, in particular through
internationalization and partnerships with U.S. institutions. He has
pioneered efforts to open India’s doors to increased global
collaboration, competence and understanding. As Minister for Science,
Technology, and Earth Sciences, Minister Sibal supported advances in
Indian science and technology as the foundation for building a more
modern, globally competitive India.
Born in Jalandhar, Punjab, Minister Sibal received his MA in History
from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and a law degree from
the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. In 1977, he received an LLM
from Harvard Law School.
Minister Sibal is a published author and poet. He and his wife Nina
have two sons, Amit and Akhil. In 2006, the Government of India
honored him with the ‘Padma Bhushan’ award for his distinguished
services in the field of Public Affairs.
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