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INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Background:
Educational Exchange with Turkey
Source:
Open Doors: Report on International Educational
Exchange, published annually
by IIE. For
more information, including press releases on foreign
students in the U.S. and U.S. study abroad, and FAQs,
including definitions of foreign students and foreign
scholars, visit the Open Doors page on the IIENetwork
website, at www.opendoors.iienetwork.org, or contact Debbie
Gardner/Heidi Reinholdt at Halstead Communications, 212-734-2190.
In
academic year 2001/02, there were 12,091 students from
Turkey studying in the United States (up 10.1 percent
from the previous year). Turkey is the eighth leading place of origin
for students in the United States, up from #9 the previous
year.
Academic Level. The
majority of the Turkish students study at the graduate
level. In 2001/02, their breakdown was as follows:
58.8%
graduate students
31.5%
undergraduate
9.8%
other
Historical trends.
Two years ago, Turkey
joined the list of top ten sending countries and has been
showing significant growth ever since.
Following last year’s 8.7% increase, the
number of students in the U.S. from Turkey increased by
10.1% in 2001/02.
This year, Turkey moved up a spot from ninth to
become the eighth-leading sending nation.
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Year
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# of Students from
Turkey
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% of Total Foreign
Students in US
|
# of US Students
Going to Turkey
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2001/02
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12,091
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2.1%
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n.a.
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2000/01
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10,983
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2.0%
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234
|
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1999/00
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10,100
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2.0%
|
99
|
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1998/99
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9,377
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1.9%
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126
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1997/98
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9,081
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1.9%
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151
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1996/97
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8,194
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1.8%
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129
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1995/96
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7,678
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1.7%
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102
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1994/95
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6,716
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1.4%
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127
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Note: Study abroad figures in the Open Doors
report reflect credit given by U.S. campuses in the survey
year to their students who studied abroad in the academic
year just completed, including the summer term, and therefore
the report shows study abroad activity for the prior academic
year.
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