Students/Exchange Visitors

SEVIS By The Numbers

(Data as of September 30, 2004)

Many SEVIS stakeholders have requested enhanced access to SEVIS statistics to gain a better sense of the system's performance and trends in foreign student representation in U.S. academic and exchange programs.

In response, ICE is providing "SEVIS By The Numbers" – a statistical breakdown available on our Web site.

"SEVIS By The Numbers" includes a wide range of useful statistics, such as the number of schools registered in the program; the number of students coming to the United States from different countries; the geographic distribution of foreign student populations in the United States; and other key data points.

All statistics are presented in aggregate form - "SEVIS By The Numbers" does not reveal personal information on individual students or exchange visitors registered in the program.

Overview

This Web site displays charts, graphs, tables and analysis of data collected from the SEVIS database.

Detailed analysis of this and other data is presented in the following sections:

• School Statistics
• Student Statistics
• Exchange Visitor Program Statistics
• Exchange Visitor Statistics

When comparing SEVIS data to other data regarding non-immigrant students and exchange visitors, please keep the following in mind:

• SEVIS counts reflect a "point in time.” Significant changes often occur from one month to the next.
• Other data sources often focus only on institutions of higher education, while SEVIS' reach is broader -- including secondary schools, vocational schools and other institutions outside of higher education.

Questions concerning the data should be directed by e-mail to SEVIS.Source@dhs.gov.

General Statistics

Metric	Total
Schools
Number of Approved Schools	7,470
Total Number of Campuses	9,514
Students
Number of Active Students
F-1 (Academic/Language)	637,149
M-1 (Vocational / Non-Academic)	3,511
Exchange Visitor Programs and Visitors
Number of Active Exchange Programs	1,428
Number of Active Exchange Visitors (J-1)	167,530
Dependents
Number of Dependents of Active Student and Exchange Visitors
F-2, M-2 (Student Dependents)	71,969
J-2 (Exchange Visitor Dependents)	45,337