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Statistics of Foreign Students in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by S. Maniaul at 03:25 PM on Sep 23, 2022.
Purpose: Undergraduate Thesis
Date of Coverage: 09/23/2022 - 09/23/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-553099844126

Maniaul 03:25 PM, Sep 23, 2022 

Hi! I would like to request for the information regarding the statistics of foreign students studying in the Philippines specifically:

1. Population of foreign students in each region.
2. The program or course they applied for in university/school.

Hoping for your favorable response. 

Thank you so much.

Nisperos 04:44 PM, Nov 16, 2022 

November 16, 2022

Dear Shella Joy Maniaul,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 23, 2022 03:25:57 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Statistics of Foreign Students in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, you may check our available data as follows:

1. Population of foreign students

Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: EDUCATION AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 10.20 Number of Foreign Students by Academic Year: AY 2000-2001 to AY 2018-2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T10_20.xlsx

However, we do not have specific aggregated data on the program or course they applied for in university/school.

We only have these available data:

Table 10.18 Higher Education Graduates in Public and Private Schools by Discipline Group: AY 2014-2015 to 2016-2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T10_18.xlsx

Table 10.19 Higher Education Graduates by Discipline Group: AY 2011-2012 to AY 2016-2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T10_19.xlsx

For more information of this data, you may try to coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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