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Total Enrollment
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND TOTAL U.S. ENROLLMENT








Open Doors 2007
Report on International Educational Exchange
Figure 1B
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT TRENDS, SELECTED YEARS 1950/60 - 2006/07
International Annual % U.S. Total %
Year Students Change Enrollment Int'l
1959/60 48,486 2.6 3,402,300 1.4
1964/65 82,045 9.7 5,320,000 1.5
1969/70 134,959 11.2 7,978,400 1.7
1974/75 154,580 2.3 10,321,500 1.5
1979/80 286,343 8.5 11,707,000 2.4
1984/85 342,113 0.9 12,467,700 2.7
1985/86 343,777 0.5 12,387,700 2.8
1986/87 349,609 1.7 12,410,500 2.8
1987/88 356,187 1.9 12,808,487 2.8
1988/89  366,354 2.9 13,322,576 2.7
1989/90 386,851 5.6 13,824,592 2.8
1990/91 407,529 5.3 13,975,408 2.9
1991/92 419,585 3.0 14,360,965 2.9
1992/93 438,618 4.5 14,422,975 3.0
1993/94 449,749 2.5 14,473,106 3.1
1994/95 452,635 0.6 14,554,016 3.1
1995/96 453,787 0.3 14,419,252 3.1
1996/97 457,984 0.9 14,286,478 3.1
1997/98 481,280 5.1 13,294,221* 3.6
1998/99 490,933 2.0 13,391,401 3.6
1999/00 514,723 4.8 13,584,998 3.8
2000/01 547,867 6.4 14,046,659 3.9
2001/02 582,996 6.4 13,511,149 4.3
2002/03 586,323 0.6 12,853,627 4.6
2003/04 572,509 -2.4 13,383,553 4.3
2004/05 565,039 -1.3 13,994,869 4.0
2005/06 564,766 -0.05 14,528,728 3.9
2006/07 582,984 3.2 15,023,346** 3.9
* In 1997 The College Board changed its data collection process.
** College Board Annual Survey of Colleges data on U.S. higher education enrollment