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)
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