Table 13
Noncitizen Student Enrollment from Top Fifteen Source Countries
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Mexico Number 8,100 8,761 8,852 8,353 8,129 7,855 8,076 8,379 8,569 7,611
Percent 14.8 15.5 15.7 15.0 14.6 14.4 14.6 15.1 16.2 17.6
India Number 1,572 1,670 1,776 1,901 2,080 2,471 2,960 3,820 4,055 3,675
Percent 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.5 5.4 6.9 7.7 8.5
Japan Number 1,587 1,855 2,076 2,287 2,403 2,593 2,875 3,151 3,105 2,802
Percent 2.9 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 6.5
Peoples Rep of China Number 2,267 2,351 2,526 2,783 2,982 3,166 3,413 3,606 3,280 2,471
Percent 4.1 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.2 5.7
Vietnam Number 8,603 9,222 9,104 8,616 7,849 6,710 5,689 4,595 3,496 2,312
Percent 15.7 16.3 16.1 15.5 14.1 12.3 10.3 8.3 6.6 5.3
Philippines Number 2,733 3,007 3,031 3,076 3,172 3,102 3,161 3,132 2,832 2,253
Percent 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2
Taiwan Number 3,307 3,408 3,406 3,296 3,423 3,403 3,351 3,247 2,898 1,967
Percent 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 4.5
Korea, South (Republic Number 2,508 2,468 2,334 2,181 2,192 2,032 2,044 1,994 1,868 1,500
Percent 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5
Thailand Number 691 838 1,129 1,229 1,301 1,325 1,467 1,542 1,486 1,191
Percent 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8
Iran Number 2,010 1,978 1,768 1,574 1,449 1,345 1,318 1,316 1,234 1,094
Percent 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5
Hong Kong Number 1,996 2,029 1,929 1,855 1,782 1,670 1,567 1,532 1,353 958
Percent 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.2
Canada Number 841 915 945 941 915 942 998 1,057 994 870
Percent 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0
El Salvador Number 1,498 1,653 1,683 1,695 1,640 1,487 1,418 1,345 1,224 746
Percent 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.7
Indonesia (West Irian) Number 955 1,004 970 918 1,005 1,026 1,025 1,010 1,021 732
Percent 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7
United Kingdom Number 872 891 859 821 820 799 806 751 765 660
Percent 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5
Subtotal Number 39,540 42,050 42,388 41,526 41,142 39,926 40,168 40,477 38,180 30,842
Percent 72.3 74.4 75.0 74.8 74.1 73.2 72.7 72.8 72.2 71.2
Other Number 15,182 14,451 14,142 13,998 14,357 14,598 15,062 15,156 14,728 12,450
Percent 27.7 25.6 25.0 25.2 25.9 26.8 27.3 27.2 27.8 28.8
All Countries Number 54,722 56,501 56,530 55,524 55,499 54,524 55,230 55,633 52,908 43,292
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0