According to the 2008/09 Open Doors international academic mobility report, Vietnam now ranks second among all places of origin in international enrolment at community colleges, surpassing Japan and closing in on S. Korea.
The 8.4% of total international enrolment at community colleges translates into 8,046 students. This means that 63% of all Vietnamese studying in the U.S. last year were enrolled in a community college, an extraordinary development. The trend over the past four years has been for the majority of U.S.-bound Vietnamese students to begin their studies at a community college before transferring to a four-year school to complete their Bachelor's degree.
Community colleges have become immensely popular for international students, as they are for U.S. students, for obvious reasons: cost, admission, ease of transfer, etc. The overall increase in 2008/09 was 10.5%, up from 3.1% the previous year.
ASSOCIATE'S INSTITUTIONS ALL INSTITUTIONS
WORLD TOTAL95,785 WORLD
TOTAL671,616
RankPlace of Origin% of Total Place of Origin% of Total
1 South Korea14.5 India15.4
2 Vietnam8.4 China14.6
3 Japan8.3 South Korea11.2
4 China5.8 Canada4.4
5 Nepal4.0 Japan4.4
6 Mexico3.6 Taiwan4.2
7 Hong Kong3.4 Mexico2.2
8 India3.0 Turkey2.0
9 Taiwan2.6 Vietnam1.9
10 Indonesia2.2 Saudi Arabia1.9
In Intensive English Programmes (IEP) enrolment Vietnam ranks 1st in Southeast Asia with 1,478 students, a sharp increase of 35% over 2007/08. Thailand ranks a distant 2nd. |
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