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Number of full-time international students in public postsecondary institutions by level of study, observed (2020/2021 to 2023/2024) and estimated (2024/2025 and 2025/2026)

number 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 CollegeCollege Bachelor'sBachelor's Master'sMaster's DoctoralDoctoral
Source(s):
Postsecondary Student Information System (5017) for the observed period and author's calculations for the estimated period.

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Number of full-time international students in public postsecondary institutions by level of study, observed (2020/2021 to 2023/2024) and estimated (2024/2025 and 2025/2026), number
  College Bachelor's Master's Doctoral
2020/2021 85,840 136,114 36,132 19,386
2021/2022 108,619 139,709 40,558 20,759
2022/2023 146,583 140,855 46,380 21,607
2023/2024 206,013 148,712 51,354 21,998
2024/2025 200,374 139,443 49,981 20,668
2025/2026 120,130 122,028 42,075 19,513
Source(s):
Postsecondary Student Information System (5017) for the observed period and author's calculations for the estimated period.
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