UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 13-One-fourth of all the world’s students studying outside their own countries are enrolled in the United States, according to a survey just made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The survey has been pubished as part of a 680-page volume titled “Study Abroad,” which also lists 215,000 scholarships and grants from 120 countries available to foreign students.
It shows that the world total of such students rose from approximately 290,000 when the last survey was made in 1965 to 341,660 this year. Of that number, 82,709 are foreign students in the United States, and more than 42,000 of these students hold fellowships of various kinds.
Enrollment In U.S. Is Up
Though the United States has the largest number of foreign students, they form a smaller percentage of the student population than in Britain-1.5 percent of all United States enrollments as against 10.5 per cent in Britain.
The enrollment In the United States has increased by a little
more than 10 per cent over the 1965 figure of about 74,000. Though the statistics are interesting evidence of growing United States influence in world education the main purpose of the publication is to inform of opportunities for study abroad with financial aid.
The book lists more than 215000 grants, which are offered by 1,773 contributing universities, governments and Other organizations. While many countries are included, nearly half of all openings are in the United States, France, West Germany, the Soviet Union and Britain.
Almost 50 per cent of the openings are in the “unrestricted” category of general studies. Nearly 25 per cent fall in the fields of science and a little more than 4 per cent in education.
“Study abroad” includes a section on vacation study, covering short-term opportunities, mostly at university level, in 52 countries. The book is available at $5 a copy from the UNESCO Publications Center, 317 East 34th ‘Street, New York 10016 and
from the United Nations book shop.
