South Korean students accounted for 10.4 percent of foreign students studying in the United States, ranking them third in numbers after India and China, an annual report released Monday said.
According to Open Doors 2006, there were 58,847 South Koreans registered at American academic institutions for the 2005-2006 school year, a 10.3 percent increase from 2004-2005. This is the biggest jump among the top 10 leading countries of origin.
International students numbered 564,766 for 2005-2006, a 0.05 percent drop from a year earlier.
India remained the largest sending country, accounting for 13.5 percent of the total at 76,503, but it saw a 4.9 percent decrease from the previous academic year.
China came in second with 62,582, a 0.1 percent increase.
The annual report is published by the Institute of International Education to measure global academic mobility with the support from the U.S. Department of State.
Consequently, Asia was again the largest sending region, taking up 58 percent of total U.S. international enrollments, according to the report.
The University of Southern California had the highest enrollment of foreign students for the fifth consecutive year with 6,881 from overseas.
Nearly 206,000 Americans went abroad to study, England being their No. 1 destination. But China was rapidly gaining popularity, 6,389 students going there for a 34.9 percent increase, ranking the country eighth.
Japan was the destination for 4,100 American students, a 10.6 percent increase. It was ranked 11th.
Washington, Nov. 13 (Yonhap News)
Korean students studying in U.S. surge 10.4 percent: IIE report |
