The table below shows the primary funding sources of international
students in the US during the years 2003/04 and 2013/14. Write a 150-word
report for a university lecturer describing the data and make comparisons
where relevant.
The table depicts the proportion and number of students from all around the world in the sources for
paying in America in 2003/04 and 2013/14.
Overall, despite other sources, each paying category and the total international learning participants
have increased in comparison to the last 10 years.
It is clear that there was a growth in the population of students from other countries in the US at around
31 thousand in between the decade. Noticeably, the highest source for paying international students
was personal and family accounted 67% and 65% in the two years total and had a change of nearly half.
Following that, other nations’ students got funded by American college was reported to have risen in
change at roughly a quarter with 23% in 2003 and 19% in 2013 in total. Looking at the foreign
government and current employer, students got more into these sources with change portion of 383%
and 390%, respectively. It had the same percentage of 2% for the total number of students in 2003/04.
In contrast, immigrated students who were paid by other sources had a fall of 14% which was accounted
around 29 thousand students in first reported year and at about 25 thousand of them in the next 10
years, totally.