International Students: Enrollment Trends (1948-2013)

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International Students: Enrollment Trends

1948-2013

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT, 1948/49 - 2011/12
Year	Int'l Students	Annual % Change	Total Enrollment1	% Int'l
1948/49	25,464	-	2,403,400	1.1
1949/50	26,433	3.8	2,445,000	1.1
1950/51	29,813	12.8	2,281,000	1.3
1951/52	30,462	2.2	2,102,000	1.4
1952/53	33,675	10.5	2,134,000	1.6
1953/54	33,833	0.5	2,231,000	1.5
1954/55	34,232	1.2	2,447,000	1.4
1955/56	36,494	6.6	2,653,000	1.4
1956/57	40,666	11.4	2,918,000	1.4
1957/58	43,391	6.7	3,324,000	1.3
1958/59	47,245	8.9	no data	-
1959/60	48,486	2.6	3,640,000	1.3
1960/61	53,107	9.5	no data	-
1961/62	58,086	9.4	4,146,000	1.4
1962/63	64,705	11.4	no data	-
1963/64	74,814	15.6	4,780,000	1.6
1964/65	82,045	9.7	5,280,000	1.6
1965/66	82,709	0.8	5,921,000	1.4
1966/67	100,262	21.2	6,390,000	1.6
1967/68	110,315	10.0	6,912,000	1.6
1968/69	121,362	10.0	7,513,000	1.6
1969/70	134,959	11.2	8,005,000	1.7
1970/71	144,708	7.2	8,581,000	1.7
1971/72	140,126	-3.2	8,949,000	1.6
1972/73	146,097	4.3	9,215,000	1.6
1973/74	151,066	3.4	9,602,000	1.6
1974/752	154,580	2.3	10,224,000	1.5
1975/76	179,344	16.0	11,185,000	1.6
1976/77	203,068	13.2	11,012,000	1.8
1977/78	235,509	16.0	11,286,000	2.1
1978/79	263,938	12.1	11,260,000	2.3
1979/80	286,343	8.5	11,570,000	2.5
1980/81	311,882	8.9	12,097,000	2.6
1981/82	326,299	4.6	12,372,000	2.6
1982/83	336,985	3.3	12,426,000	2.7
1983/84	338,894	0.6	12,465,000	2.7
1984/85	342,113	0.9	12,242,000	2.8
1985/86	343,777	0.5	12,247,000	2.8
1986/87	349,609	1.7	12,504,000	2.8
1987/88	356,187	1.9	12,767,000	2.8
1988/89	366,354	2.9	13,055,000	2.8
1989/90	386,851	5.6	13,539,000	2.9
1990/91	407,529	5.3	13,819,000	2.9
1991/92	419,585	3.0	14,359,000	2.9
1992/93	438,618	4.5	14,487,000	3.0
1993/94	449,749	2.5	14,305,000	3.1
1994/95	452,635	0.6	14,279,000	3.2
1995/96	453,787	0.3	14,262,000	3.2
1996/97	457,984	0.9	14,368,000	3.2
1997/98	481,280	5.1	14,502,000	3.3
1998/99	490,933	2.0	14,507,000	3.4
1999/00	514,723	4.8	14,791,000	3.5
2000/01	547,867	6.4	15,312,000	3.6
2001/02	582,996	6.4	15,928,000	3.7
2002/03	586,323	0.6	16,612,000	3.5
2003/04	572,509	-2.4	16,911,000	3.4
2004/05	565,039	-1.3	17,272,000	3.3
2005/06	564,766	-0.05	17,487,000	3.2
2006/07	582,984	3.2	17,759,000	3.3
2007/08	623,805	7.0	18,248,000	3.4
2008/09	671,616	7.7	19,103,000	3.5
2009/10	690,923	2.9	20,428,000	3.4
2010/11	723,277	4.7	20,550,000	3.5
2011/12	764,495	5.7	20,625,000	3.7
2012/13	819,644	7.2	21,253,000	3.9

¹Data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
²The data collection process was changed in 1974/75. Refugees were counted from 1975/76 to 1990/91.