Promote Student Diversity and Exposure to Global Issues
Many SOA students have had the opportunity of living abroad and experiencing different cultures and learning foreign languages. The following tables reflect the many countries and languages represented.
Number of students who have lived in a foreign country
| Countries | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | Number of Students | Average Number of Months | |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Australia | 2 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| Austria | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Bolivia | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 7 | 24 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Bulgaria | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Cambodia | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Canada | 5 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Cape Verde | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 1 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 6 | ||
| China | 2 | 129 | 1 | 360 | 2 | 192 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 43 | ||||
| Columbia | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 1 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||
| Egypt | 1 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 2 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| England | 2 | 24 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Estonia | 1 | 18 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 1 | 22 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| France | 1 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | |||||||
| Germany | 2 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Ghana | 2 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Guatemala | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 26 | ||||
| Haiti | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Honduras | 3 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| Ireland | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | 16 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | ||
| Kenya | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Republic of Korea | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 1 | 24 | 1 | 174 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Island | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | 5 | 39 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Micronesia | ||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | 1 | 180 | ||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Nepal | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 1 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
| Panama | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
| Peru | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Philippines | 1 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Poland | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
| Russia | 2 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Scotland | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia & Montenegro | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Suriname | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Swaziland | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | 125 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Taiwan | 2 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
| Tanzania | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 3 | 72 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Uganda | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||||
Number of students fluent in a foreign language (by language)
| Languages | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Students | Average Fluency (5=High) | Number of Students | Average Fluency (5=High) | Number of Students | Average Fluency (5=High) | Number of Students | Average Fluency (5=High) | Number of Students | Average Fluency (5=High) | Number of Students |
Average Fluency (5=High) |
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| ASL | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.0 | ||||
| Bulgarian | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Cambodian | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Cantonese | 3 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Cebuano | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| Chinese | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 5.0 | ||
| Dutch | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 3.0 | ||||||||
| English | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||
| Estonian | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Fijian | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| French | 3 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| German | 3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||
| Haitian Creole | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Hiligaynon | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Hindi | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Italian | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||
| Japanese | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Korean | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.5 | ||||
| Malay | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Mandarin | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 2.7 | 2 | 3.5 | ||||||
| Marshallese | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Mongolian | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Norwegian | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Polish | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| Portuguese | 7 | 4.3 | 9 | 4.9 | 5 | 3.6 | 9 | 4.4 | 5 | 4.2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Quechua | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| Russian | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 2.66 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 | 4.0 | ||
| Spanish | 40 | 3.8 | 46 | 3.3 | 47 | 3.6 | 44 | 3.4 | 55 | 3.4 | 30 | 3.8 |
| Swahili | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| Swedish | 2 | 4.5 | ||||||||||
| Tagalog | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| Thai | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Turkish | 1 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Vietnamese | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||||