Open Doors 2007
Report on International Educational Exchange
Table 24
PROFILE OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 1995/96 - 2005/06
	PERCENT OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS
Characteristic	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Academic level
Junior	41.6	41.3	42.2	40.3	39.8	38.9	40.7	38.0	34.7	35.8	34.2
Senior	16.2	18.3	17.7	19.0	17.7	20.0	20.4	20.2	19.3	19.6	19.8
Bachelor's, Unspecified	18.1	14.7	13.2	13.3	15.6	13.5	11.0	15.3	16.3	15.2	14.9
Sophomore	12.1	12.8	13.4	13.2	13.6	14.0	13.6	11.8	12.0	12.2	12.8
Master's	3.7	4.2	5.1	4.5	5.0	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.1	3.4	4.8
Freshman	2.0	2.4	2.7	2.5	3.2	3.1	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.7
Graduate, Unspecified	3.2	3.3	2.6	3.2	2.7	3.1	3.3	3.4	2.4	3.4	3.0
Associate's	2.0	1.9	2.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	1.5	2.1	1.6	2.7	2.7
Graduate, Professional*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6	1.7	1.8
Doctoral	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.4
Other	0.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.5	1.9
Sex
Female	65.3	64.9	64.8	65.2	64.6	65.0	64.9	64.7	65.6	65.5	65.5
Male	34.7	35.1	35.2	34.8	35.4	35.0	35.1	35.3	34.4	34.5	34.5
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian	84.4	83.9	84.5	85.0	83.7	84.3	82.9	83.2	83.7	83.0	83.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.1	5.0	4.8	4.4	4.8	5.4	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.3
Hispanic-American	5.0	5.1	5.5	5.2	5.0	5.4	5.4	5.1	5.0	5.6	5.4
African-American	2.9	3.5	3.8	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
Multiracial	2.3	2.1	0.8	1.2	0.9	0.9	2.0	1.8	1.3	1.2	1.2
Native American/Alaskan Native	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6
Visa Students**	-	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTAL	89,242	99,448	113,959	129,770	143,590	154,168	160,920	174,629	191,231	205,983	223,534
* Captured for the first time in 2003/04.
** Separate data on visa students was collected in 1999/00.