Table 13
Noncitizen Student Enrollment from Top Fifteen Source Countries
Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Mexico Number 8,761 8,852 8,353 8,129 7,855 8,076 8,379 8,569 7,611 8,846
Percent 15.5 15.7 15.0 14.6 14.4 14.6 15.1 16.2 17.6 19.1
India Number 1,670 1,776 1,901 2,080 2,471 2,960 3,820 4,055 3,675 3,647
Percent 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.5 5.4 6.9 7.7 8.5 7.9
Japan Number 1,855 2,076 2,287 2,403 2,593 2,875 3,151 3,105 2,802 2,852
Percent 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.2
Peoples Rep of China Number 2,351 2,526 2,783 2,982 3,166 3,413 3,606 3,280 2,471 2,524
Percent 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.4
Philippines Number 3,007 3,031 3,076 3,172 3,102 3,161 3,132 2,832 2,253 2,325
Percent 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0
Vietnam Number 9,222 9,104 8,616 7,849 6,710 5,689 4,595 3,496 2,312 2,297
Percent 16.3 16.1 15.5 14.1 12.3 10.3 8.3 6.6 5.3 5.0
Taiwan Number 3,408 3,406 3,296 3,423 3,403 3,351 3,247 2,898 1,967 2,159
Percent 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 4.5 4.7
Korea, South (Republic Number 2,468 2,334 2,181 2,192 2,032 2,044 1,994 1,868 1,500 1,783
Percent 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.8
Iran Number 1,978 1,768 1,574 1,449 1,345 1,318 1,316 1,234 1,094 1,295
Percent 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.8
Thailand Number 838 1,129 1,229 1,301 1,325 1,467 1,542 1,486 1,191 1,195
Percent 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6
Hong Kong Number 2,029 1,929 1,855 1,782 1,670 1,567 1,532 1,353 958 1,125
Percent 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.4
Canada Number 915 945 941 915 942 998 1,057 994 870 919
Percent 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0
Indonesia (West Irian) Number 1,004 970 918 1,005 1,026 1,025 1,010 1,021 732 787
Percent 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7
El Salvador Number 1,653 1,683 1,695 1,640 1,487 1,418 1,345 1,224 746 786
Percent 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7
United Kingdom Number 891 859 821 820 799 806 751 765 660 655
Percent 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4
Subtotal Number 42,050 42,388 41,526 41,142 39,926 40,168 40,477 38,180 30,842 33,195
Percent 74.4 75.0 74.8 74.1 73.2 72.7 72.8 72.2 71.2 71.6
Other Number 14,451 14,142 13,998 14,357 14,598 15,062 15,156 14,728 12,450 13,165
Percent 25.6 25.0 25.2 25.9 26.8 27.3 27.2 27.8 28.8 28.4
All Countries Number 56,501 56,530 55,524 55,499 54,524 55,230 55,633 52,908 43,292 46,360
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0