For the purposes of this report, we have included three categories of foreign students.

International Students: Those students who are officially recognized as ‘International Students’ and who are at DePaul on a student visa (type F-1 or J-1). These students are entitled to advising and immigration support services provided by the International Student Office.

Other Foreign Students: Those students who are not U.S. citizens, or permanent residents enrolled at DePaul under visa types other than F-1 or J-1. A list of these other visa types can be found on the last page of this report.

Permanent Resident Students (Resident-Alien): Those students who are not U.S citizens but who have been granted the right to remain in the U.S. permanently.

Although no one definition can encompass all of the students in this profile, all of these students contribute to the international diversity and culture of DePaul University. All student information in this report is collected as of the fall census date, and will differ slightly from numbers reported by other departments. Data on students enrolled in the English Language Academy was obtained directly from the ELA office.

Visa/Citizenship codes in AIMS: Data on student citizenship and visa status in AIMS is a one-character code used to identify the citizenship or visa status of applicants and students. United States citizens are coded ‘U’ and Non-U.S. citizens who are U.S. permanent resident aliens are coded ‘P1’ and ‘AN’. Other non-U.S. citizens are coded by visa status and type. For the purposes of this report, the codes have been grouped into three main categories: International students, Other Foreign students, and Permanent Resident (Non-Resident, Alien). Appendix A shows the list of official visa types used by the International Student Office.

It should be noted that there are varying definitions of ‘International Students,’ and reported numbers will differ depending on the definition used. Data obtained using different definitions of ‘International’ should not be used interchangeably, and caution should be used when comparing the data. Some of the key data differences are noted below:

• The International Student Office reports only those students who possess, or have applied for an F-1 or J-1 Visa type. Since the visa application process can take several years to complete, the International Student Office data on student visa types includes a ‘pending’ category, which does not currently appear in the University data systems.

• The Federal Government, and the National Center for Education Statistics defines ‘International’ students as all "non-resident, alien" students holding any non-resident Visa (see Appendix A). The NCES also requires reporting of "non-resident, alien" students as a mutually-exclusive ethnic category. Therefore, students reported as "non-resident, alien" are not listed under any other ethnicity.

• This report includes all students who fit the NCES definition, as well as students with Permanent Resident status. Since the University data systems do not include data on pending visa applications used by the International Student Office, data in this report will not match those data collected by that office, and should not be used in conjunction with data from other offices for comparison purposes.

For each set of tables to follow, these student categories are reported separately as sub-tables. Unless otherwise noted, for each set of tables subtable-1 (Table 1-1, 2-1…) reports International student statistics, subtable-2 (Table 1-2, 2-2…) report Other Foreign student Statistics and subtable-3 (Table 1-3, 2-3…) report Permanent Resident statistics.

Enrollment Summary: Tables 1 through 3 detail the changes in foreign student enrollments by various demographic breakdowns. These enrollment summaries include students enrolled in the English Language Academy. However, since ELA students are not included in official university enrollment records, certain data are unavailable or inapplicable.

Table 1: Student enrollment profile by level, including students enrolled in the English Language Academy, for the fall of 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

• ‘International’ students comprise 4.3% of enrollments at DePaul in the fall of 2001, up 20% from last fall and up almost 170% since the fall of 1995 (1-1).
• English Language Academy enrollments have increased 120% from the fall of 1999 to the fall of 2001.
• Students on Work/Professional visas comprised the majority of ‘Other Foreign’ student enrollments for the fall of 2001 (1-2).
• In the past, ‘Permanent Resident’ students have outnumbered ‘International’ and ‘Other Foreign’ students. In the fall of 2001 however, the number of ‘International’ and ‘Other Foreign’ students is higher than that of ‘Permanent Residents’ (1-3).

Table 2: Due to the difficulty of obtaining accurate country of origin data for the majority of students, Section 2 of this report has been discontinued. Data from previous years are still available in these tables.

Table 3: Student enrollment profile by country of origin for the fall of 1999, 2000 and region of origin for ELA students for fall 2001. Due to the difficulty of obtaining accurate country of origin data for the majority of students, Tables 3-1 and 3-2 of this section have been discontinued. Data for ELA students and data from previous years are still available in these tables. Permanent Resident students are excluded from Table 3 because data on country or region of origin were unavailable. National benchmarking statistics from the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange are also included in Table 3-3.

• Nationally, over 50% of Foreign students were from the Pacific Rim from 1998 to 2000 (3-3).
• Less than 1% of Foreign students accounted for in national reporting were from countries unknown.
• Nationally, the majority of foreign students are from 5 countries: Japan, The People’s Republic of China, The Republic of Korea (South), India and Taiwan (3-4).
• In the fall of 2000, 28% of Foreign students at DePaul were from 5 countries in the Pacific Rim: The People’s Republic of China, Thailand, The Republic of Korea, India and Japan.

Graduation Summary: Tables 4 through 6 detail degrees conferred to foreign students by various demographic breakdowns. Since ELA students are not degree seeking, they are not included in Tables 4 – 6.

Table 4: Degrees conferred by level for the 1998-1999, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years.

• ‘International’ students and ‘Other Foreign’ students have consistently earned more graduate-level degrees than Bachelor’s degrees. Permanent Resident students on the other hand, were awarded far more Bachelor’s degrees than graduate degrees (4-1, 4-3)
• Most degrees awarded to foreign students (all three groups) at DePaul were from the College of Commerce or CTI.

Table 5: Degrees conferred by college and level for the 1998-1999, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years, showing the percentage of degrees in each major awarded to ‘International Students’, ‘Other Foreign Students’, ‘Permanent Resident Students’ and U.S. Citizen Students.

• In terms of the percentage of total degrees awarded, the School of CTI awarded 16.7% of its degrees to ‘International’ Students during the 2000-2001 academic year followed by the School of Music, which awarded 4.8% of its degrees to ‘International Students’.
• Less than 2% of all degrees awarded in the 2000-2001 academic year were awarded to ‘Other Foreign’ students.

Table 6: Credit-hour enrollments for the fall of 2001 by level, degree status and enrollment status for ‘International’, ‘Other Foreign’ and ‘Permanent Resident’ Students.

• Permanent Resident students generate almost 80% of all undergraduate Foreign student credit hours.
• ‘International’ students generate about 50% of Foreign, graduate-level credit hours.
• The majority of full-time Foreign students are degree-seeking students.

DePaul vs. Other 4-Year Institutions in Illinois: Table 7 details the enrollment of and degrees awarded to all non-resident, alien students at DePaul by level, and provides comparisons to enrollments and degrees awarded at other public and private 4-year institutions in Illinois. The IBHE data book is published in the winter of each academic year, and updated numbers are not yet available. IBHE data are based upon the definition for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System at the National Center for Education Statistics which reads "A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely." Therefore, this category includes both the International and Other Foreign students from this report.

• In general, private institutions enroll a larger percentage of Non-Resident, Alien students than public institutions. While DePaul has surpassed the Illinois public institutions in percent-of-total enrollments, it still falls slightly below other private institutions.
• In terms of growth over time, DePaul’s Non-Resident, Alien student population increased by 110.5% from the Fall of 1994 to the Fall of 1998 while Illinois Privates showed an increase of only 23.9% and Illinois Publics showed a decrease of 4.3%. DePaul’s growth continued to increase faster than other Illinois institutions between the fall of 1998 and 1999.
• Non-Resident, Alien students were awarded 2% of all degrees conferred at DePaul in 1993-1994 compared to 5.7% at other Illinois institutions. In the 1998-1999 academic year, DePaul awarded 4.9% of all degrees to Non-Resident, Alien students, closing the gap between DePaul and other Illinois institutions that awarded 6.1% of degrees to Non-Resident, Alien students.
• While DePaul awards a smaller percentage of total degrees to Non-Resident, Alien students than other Illinois institutions, undergraduate degrees awarded to Non-Resident, Alien students at DePaul increased by 111% between the 1993-1994 and 1997-1998 academic years, it has decreased by 23% between the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 academic years. Graduate and Professional degrees continue to grow faster at DePaul than at other Illinois Institutions.

Other National Statistics of Note: Table 8 summarizes some other national data on foreign students studying in the United States. These data include foreign student enrollments by U.S. State and County, the major fields of foreign students and enrollment trends by institution type.