Study Abroad 2011-2012 Total Number of UI Students Studying Abroad For national Open Doors reporting, 1,227 University of Iowa students studied, worked, or conducted research abroad for credit between fall 2011 and summer 2012. Open Doors does not include international students who study abroad or students who were involved in traveling abroad for short-term conference travel, athletics, and programs aimed at recent graduates. In previous years, all of these categories of students were reported to Open Doors. This year they were not.
This represents a 5.6% increase from the previous year when 1,279 UI students participated in such activities. • 978 UI undergraduate students participated in these activities abroad, a 12.5% increase from 2010-11 (869). • 373 UI graduate students participated in these activities, a 9% decrease from 2010-11 (410).
Because the UI sees international degree-seeking students’ experiences abroad as valuable, for the remainder of this document that group will be included in the total students participating in “study abroad.” International students studying abroad in their home country are not included.
Longitudinal comparison of total students in study abroad activities
1,084
2007-08
1,202
2008-09
year
1,351
University of Iowa students studied, worked, or conducted research abroad for credit between fall 2011 and summer 2012 (including international students).
2009-10
1,289
2010-11
1,279 1,351
2011-12
44 students participated in 2 or more programs for a total of 1,395 study abroad program participants.
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28% (373) 72% (978)
UI students who studied abroad
UI undergraduate degree candidates who studied abroad
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20% 51% 26%
UI graduate & professional students academic year program semester program winter session program summer program 1