During the 2011–12 academic year, Boston College was home to more than a thousand international students, from six continents. The demographics in detail:

Undergraduate international students: 509; graduate international students: 536

Countries represented: 86, including (top five, by number of students) China 245, South Korea 149, Canada 46, Spain 40, India 39

Most popular fields of study among international undergraduates: economics 90, finance 69, political science 48, communication 34, management 34

Most popular fields of study among international graduate students: management 64, economics 53, chemistry 47, theology/ministry 47, finance 32

International student population in 1991–92: 592; in 2001–02: 704

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