Open Doors 2012 Regional Fact Sheet: Asia

Open Doors 2012 Report on International Educational Exchange

Institute of International Education International Student Mobility by Region
The number of students from Asia in the U.S. increased by 6.1% in 2011/12 to 489,970 students.
Place of Origin
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

2011/12 Total
371
3,314
100
69
333
194,029
40
8,032
100,270
7,131
19,966
1,938
254
43
505
6,743
29
1,423
807
9,621
15
4,600
3,194
4,505
72,295
2,902
23,250
298
7,626
209
486
15,572

% Undergraduate
44.7
26.1
63
50.7
56.5
38.4
90
70.6
13
64.1
46.8
64
35.8
44.2
71.9
68
51.7
64.3
66.8
53.3
80
42.7
52.7
47.3
52.9
37.7
25.8
53.4
32.2
51.7
47.3
72.2

% Change
-13.5
15.3
-13.0
4.5
-2.1
23.1
-16.7
-1.3
-3.5
2.7
-6.2
2.5
-9.0
-12.2
1.6
0.1
-14.7
13.0
1.4
-6.6
-6.3
-8.8
-11.4
4.4
-1.4
-2.1
-6.3
19.7
-7.4
-0.5
-13.2
4.6

U.S. Study Abroad: 32,081 U.S. students studied abroad in the Asia in 2011/12, a 0.8% decrease over the
previous year.
Top 10 Destinations
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Thailand
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Taiwan
Singapore
Cambodia

2009/2010
Total
13,910
3,884
6,166
2,137
1,231
1,196
686
850
841
320

2010/2011
Total
14,596
4,345
4,134
2,487
1,410
1,033
881
814
715
273

% Change
4.9
11.9
-33.0
16.4
14.5
-13.6
28.4
-4.2
-15.0
-14.7

Note: U.S. study abroad figures from Open Doors reflect credit given by U.S. campuses during the survey year to
their students who studied abroad in the academic year just completed, including the summer term. U.S. study
abroad in 2011/12 will be reported in Open Doors 2013, once credit is awarded by the home campus.