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The following data tables were prepared to provide basic demographic data on the U.S. population, U.S. higher education enrollments and U.S. student
participation in education abroad for comparative purposes.
U.S.
U.S. Gilman
U.S. Higher Community Gilman
U.S. U.S. Students Community Scholarship
Ed. College Scholarship
Race/Ethnicity Population Abroad College Spring
Enrollment Students Fall Recipients
2000 2004-2005 Enrollment Recipients
2004* Abroad 2004-2005
1997* 2004-2005
2003-2004
Caucasian 75.1% 66.1% 83.0% 64.8% 81.4% 45.3% 42.6%
Black/African
12.3% 12.5% 3.5% 11.1% 3.7% 15.1% 16.4%
American
Hispanic/Latino
12.5% ** 10.5% 5.6% 11.8% 10.2% 7.3% 10.7%
American
Asian American 3.7% *** 6.4% *** 6.3% 5.8%*** 4.1% 10.0% 8.2%
Native American 0.9% 1.0%**** 0.4% 1.3% 0.2% 0.5% 1.3%
Multiracial 2.4% Not Available 1.2% Not Available 0.4% 5.8% 5.7%
No Response
X X X 1.5% X 13.5% 15.1%
/Unknown
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Comparative Data on Race and Ethnicity in Education Abroad
Sources:
- U.S. Census 2000, http://censtats.census.gov/data/US/101000.pdf
- IIE Open Doors 2006, http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=89220
- IIE Open Doors 2005 Community College Data, http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=25122
- National Center for Educational Statistics - Digest of Education Statistics 2005, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d05/tables/dt05_208.asp
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship General Statistics 2004-2005, http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/stats/statistics.html
- American Association of Community Colleges – National Profile of Community Colleges: Trends & Statistics 2000,
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/pdf/AboutCC_Minority.pdf
Compiled by: David Comp, International Higher Education Consulting, international.ed.consulting@gmail.com; http://ihec-djc.blogspot.com/