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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND TOTAL U.S. ENROLLMENT
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Open Doors 2008
Report on International Educational Exchange
Figure 1B: International Student and U.S. Higher Education Enrollment Trends,
Selected Years 1954/55 - 2007/08
Int'l
Annual
Total
%
Year
Students
% Change
Enrollment
1
Int'l
1954/55
34,232
-
2,499,800
1.4
1959/60
48,486
2.6
3,640,000
1.3
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
1974/75
2
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
263,940
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
17,672,000
3.3
2007/08
623,805
7.0
17,958,000
3.5
1
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
% Int'l data is not entirely comparable to previous
Open Doors
.
2
The data collection process was changed in 1974/75.
Refugees were counted from 1975/76 to 1990/91.
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