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International Students At
The University of Massachusetts
Boston
The Office of Institutional Research
and Policy Studies
September 30, 2005
Jennifer Brown, Director
Kevin B. Murphy, Research Analyst
In Fall 2004, UMass Boston admitted 1,758 new
undergraduate students. 80 of them were International
Students. They came from the following countries:
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Gambia
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
South Korea
Lebanon
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
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Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Taiwan
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
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Because International Students made up only about
4.5% of the incoming class, one might expect them to
feel a little outnumbered and perhaps even isolated
and overwhelmed. However, they were met by over
470 other International Students who were continuing
their studies at UMass Boston.
Further, UMass Boston has many layers of diversity.
Another 310 of the new students were U.S. residents,
but not U.S. citizens. Together, the International
Students and the permanent residents made up almost
a quarter of the incoming class (22.2%).
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In fact, new International Students from the following
nations found other new students from their home countries
who are in the U.S. as permanent residents and who could
ease the transition.
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
China
Colombia
Ecuador
Egypt
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
South Korea
Lebanon
Morocco
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
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Poland
Russia
Taiwan
Turkey
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
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And when all of the new students arrived at UMass Boston,
they found that they were sharing it with citizens of 140
different nations or political entities.
Afghanistan
Bolivia
Congo (Brazzaville)
Ethiopia
Hungary
African Republic
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Congo (Kinshasa)
France
Iceland
Albania
Brazil
Costa Rica
Gambia
India
Angola
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Indonesia
Argentina
Burkina Faso
Cuba
Ghana
Iran
Armenia
Burma
Cyprus
Greece
Iraq
Australia
Cambodia
Czech Republic
Grenada
Ireland
Austria
Cameroon
Dominica
Guatemala
Israel
Azerbaijan
Canada
Dominican Republic
Guinea
Italy
Bangladesh
Cape Verde
Ecuador
Guyana
Jamaica
Barbados
Central
Egypt
Haiti
Japan
Belarus
Chile
El Salvador
Holy See
Jordan
Belgium
China
Eritrea
Honduras
Kazakhstan
Belize
Colombia
Estonia
Hong Kong
Kenya
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So many that it takes two pages just to list them for you.
Korea, North
Mexico
Peru
Somalia
Turkey
Korea, South
Moldova
Philippines
South Africa
U.S. Minor Outlying
Islands
Latvia
Monaco
Pitcairn
Spain
Uganda
Lebanon
Montserrat
Poland
Sri Lanka
Ukraine
Liberia
Morocco
Portugal
Sudan
United Arab Emirates
Lithuania
Myanmar
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom
Macedonia
Namibia
Russia
Switzerland
United States
Malawi
Nepal
Rwanda
Syria
Uzbekistan
Malaysia
Netherlands
Saint Lucia
Taiwan
Venezuela
Mali
New Zealand
Saudi Arabia
Tanzania
Vietnam
Malta
Nicaragua
Senegal
Thailand
Virgin Islands
Marshall Islands
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Togo
Windward Islands
Mauritania
Norway
Singapore
Trinidad and Tobago Yuogoslavia
Mauritius
Pakistan
Slovakia
Tunisia
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On last year’s senior survey, seniors at UMass Boston
reported speaking about 90 different languages at home.
African language (unspecified)
Akan
Albanian
Amaharic
Arabic
Armenian
Ashanti
Balochi
Bangoli
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian
Cantonese
Cape Verdean
Cape Verdean Creole
Chinese
Cinghalese
Creole (unspecified)
Creolo Portuguese
Croatian
Czech
Dinka
Estonian
Ethiopian
Farsi
French
French Creole
German
Ghanaian
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Ibo
Igbo
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
Jamaican
Japanese
Kazakh
Khmer
Kikuyu
Kiswahili
Korean
Kreol
Kreyol
Latvian
Lebanese
Lingala
Lithuanian
Luganda
Malay
Malayalam
Mandarin
Mende
Nepali
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Pushtu
Romanian
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Russian
Serbian
Sicilian
Slovak
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Swiss
Syrian
Tagalog
Taisainese
Taiwanese
Telugu
Thai
Tigriga
Turkish
Twi
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yoruba
Zulu
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The 2005 Senior Survey Showed that at UMass Boston,
Cultural Diversity Extends Across Racial/Ethnic Groups
Cultural Diversity within Racial/Ethnic Group
(Permanent U.S. residents)
86%
Non-Citizen
Permanent
Residents
75%
56%
43%
41%
Language
Other Than
English
41%
25%
37%
26%
23%
13%
7%
Asian P/I Black N/H Hispanic
and Cape
Verdean
Refused White N/H
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International Students seem to have developed particularly
good relationships with UMass Boston faculty.
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On the 2005 Graduating Senior Survey
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International Students rated satisfaction with faculty
availability to discuss career plans more highly than did
other respondents
 International Students rated satisfaction with student
faculty interaction more highly than did other respondents.
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UMass Boston is the most diverse* large public 4 year
institution in New England.
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Within this diversity that is used for standard reporting, we
know that we have an additional layer of diversity that adds to
the culture at UMass Boston
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High percentage of non-English native language speakers
High percentage of citizens from around the world
UMass Boston is pleased to have a significant population of
international students that adds even more diversity to an
already vibrant campus culture.
* Black NH, Hispanic, Native American, and
Asian as a percent of known race U.S. residents
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