Canadian Government Executive - Volume 23 - Issue 02

16 / Canadian Government Executive // February 2017 During the past decade, the international student population in Canadian rose from 66,000 to 124,000 , an 88 per cent increase. The comparable growth rate for local students rose by just 22 per cent . Number of international students in Canadian universities during the last decade by year The Top 5 fields of study for International Students in Canadian Universitiesdecade by year International Students in Canada The Dashboard Year Percentage of Number of International international Students students 2004-2005 7.4 65,934 2005-2006 7.7 69,864 2006-2007 7.5 69,816 2007-2008 7.7 71,841 2008-2009 7.8 74,685 2009-2010 8.2 84,351 2010-2011 8.7 92,016 2011-2012 9.4 102,615 2012-2013 10.1 112,767 2013-2014 11.0 123,840 Country Bachelor’s Master’s Doctoral level (%) level (%) level (%) OECD average 6 14 24 Australia 14 38 33 United Kingdom 13 36 41 New Zealand 13 20 43 Canada 8 16 27 Ireland 6 10 25 United States 3 8 32 Canada’s rank as compared with other OECD countries for 2012-2013 Business, Management and Public Administration Architecture, Engineering and Related Technologies Social and Behavioural Sciences, and Law Physical and Life Sciences, and Technologies Humanities 24.9% 14.6% 15.3% 10.2% 11.3% 27.2% 18.9% 14.9% 10.3% 8.4% 2004-2005 2013-2014