Table 13
Noncitizen Student Enrollment from Top Fifteen Source Countries
Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Mexico Number 5,772 6,419 7,054 7,590 8,481 8,100 8,761 8,852 8,353 8,129
Percent 11.6 12.5 13.7 14.8 15.9 14.8 15.5 15.7 15.0 14.6
Vietnam Number 7,777 7,864 8,092 7,946 8,496 8,603 9,222 9,104 8,616 7,849
Percent 15.6 15.3 15.7 15.5 15.9 15.7 16.3 16.1 15.5 14.1
Taiwan Number 3,822 3,982 3,860 3,561 3,482 3,307 3,408 3,406 3,296 3,423
Percent 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.2
Philippines Number 2,630 2,676 2,619 2,570 2,707 2,733 3,007 3,031 3,076 3,172
Percent 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7
Peoples Rep Number 1,734 1,956 1,978 1,993 2,100 2,267 2,351 2,526 2,783 2,982
of China Percent 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.4
Japan Number 1,156 1,227 1,306 1,267 1,421 1,587 1,855 2,076 2,287 2,403
Percent 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3
Korea,South Number 2,574 2,601 2,559 2,505 2,521 2,508 2,468 2,334 2,181 2,192
Percent 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9
India Number 1,531 1,573 1,557 1,536 1,557 1,572 1,670 1,776 1,901 2,080
Percent 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.7
Hong Kong Number 2,379 2,367 2,333 2,153 2,058 1,996 2,029 1,929 1,855 1,782
Percent 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2
El Salvador Number 904 1,056 1,110 1,234 1,435 1,498 1,653 1,683 1,695 1,640
Percent 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0
Iran Number 2,980 2,766 2,566 2,375 2,198 2,010 1,978 1,768 1,574 1,449
Percent 6.0 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.6
Thailand Number 483 533 552 507 586 691 838 1,129 1,229 1,301
Percent 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.3
Indonesia Number 1,075 1,040 1,028 1,010 1,044 955 1,004 970 918 1,005
(West Irian)Percent 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8
USSR Number 284 334 473 619 785 787 892 966 988 1,004
Percent 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8
Canada Number 1,191 1,130 1,056 954 895 841 915 945 941 915
Percent 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6
Subtotal Number 36,292 37,524 38,143 37,820 39,766 39,455 42,051 42,495 41,693 41,326
Percent 72.7 72.8 73.9 73.9 74.5 72.1 74.4 75.2 75.1 74.5
Other Number 13,604 14,006 13,453 13,360 13,591 15,267 14,450 14,035 13,831 14,173
Percent 27.3 27.2 26.1 26.1 25.5 27.9 25.6 24.8 24.9 25.5
All Number 49,896 51,530 51,596 51,180 53,357 54,722 56,501 56,530 55,524 55,499
Countries Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0