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Open Doors 2007: International Scholars - Major Fields of Specialization



Open Doors 2007
Report on International Educational Exchange
Table 41
MAJOR FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS, 1996/97 - 2006/07
PERCENT OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
Major Field of Specialization 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Health Sciences 27.1 26.9 26.2 23.8 26.9 27.4 25.0 20.8 21.9 20.2 24.3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 15.4 14.4 15.4 16.8 14.7 14.6 17.5 23.2 21.5 23.2 19.7
Engineering 11.8 11.7 12.6 11.9 12.6 11.4 11.8 10.7 11.6 11.4 12.0
Physical Sciences 13.8 14.5 15.0 14.8 14.7 14.0 14.3 13.2 13.2 12.1 11.7
Agriculture 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.1 3.7 3.1 4.0
Social Sciences & History 4.6 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.6 4.5 4.1 3.3 4.0 3.6 3.7
Business & Management 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.8 2.8 3.3 3.0
Computer & Information Sciences 2.2 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.3 3.0
Other 1.6 2.2 1.5 3.3 2.8 2.4 1.9 2.2 2.7 4.2 2.4
Foreign Languages & Literature 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.8 1.9 2.0 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.3
Mathematics 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2
Education 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6
Area & Ethnic Studies 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Psychology 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5
Letters 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.3
Law & Legal Studies 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2
Visual & Performing Arts 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2
Public Administration and Social Svcse 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8
Communications 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Philosophy & Religion 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
Architecture & Environmental Design 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6
Family and Consumer Sciences 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5
Library Sciences 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TOTAL  62,354 65,494 70,501 74,571 79,651 86,015 84,281 82,905 89,634 96,981 98,239