International Student Population
WAB reflects a diverse international student body representing
56 countries and regions. The top ten account for 71% of the
student population. There are a total of 38 languages and
dialects spoken as a first language, the top three being English
(43%), Korean (14%) and Chinese (15%).
Student Country/Region Profile
Total Student Enrollment - Country/Region* 2006 - 2007:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary,
India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg,
Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Russia,
Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine,
UK, USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Total countries/regions*: 56
WAB Student
Profile 2006 - 2007
Top 10 Countries/Regions |
| Passport
Country/Region* |
Number
of Students |
Percentage
of
Students (%) |
| USA |
271 |
20 |
| South
Korea |
195 |
14 |
| UK |
97 |
7 |
| Australia |
79 |
6 |
| Canada |
85 |
6 |
| Finland |
55 |
4 |
| Netherlands |
53 |
4 |
| Denmark |
51 |
4 |
| Singapore |
51 |
4 |
| Sweden |
41 |
3 |
| Top
10 |
978 |
71 |
| Other
(44) |
408 |
29 |
| Total
(54) |
1386 |
100% |
* The designations employed and the presentation
of country, region or area name in this table or list are
based on the primary passport held and used by each student
and do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever
on the part of the Western Academy of Beijing concerning the
legal status of any country, territory, region, area, or city,
or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its
frontiers or boundaries.
Student Language Profile
WAB Student
Profile 2006 - 2007
Top 8 Languages/Dialects - First Language Speakers
Percentage of Students (%) |
| Language/Dialect |
Current
(%) |
June
'06
(%) |
June
'05
(%) |
May
'05 (%) |
| English |
43 |
42 |
42 |
40 |
| Korean |
14 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
| Chinese |
15 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
| Finnish |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Danish |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Swedish |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Dutch |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| German |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Other |
14 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
| Total
(38 languages) |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
WAB Student
Profile 2006 - 2007
Total Languages/Dialects - First Language Speakers |
| Language/Dialect |
Number
of Students |
| Africaans |
9 |
| Albanian |
1 |
| Cantonese |
24 |
| Catalan |
1 |
| Chinese |
209 |
| Czech |
6 |
| Danish |
44 |
| Dutch |
34 |
| English |
591 |
| Filipino |
3 |
| Finnish |
49 |
| French |
22 |
| German |
36 |
| Greek |
3 |
| Hebrew |
5 |
| Hindi |
10 |
| Hungarian |
1 |
| Indonesian |
4 |
| Italian |
5 |
| Japanese |
24 |
| Korean |
198 |
| Malaysian |
2 |
| Maltese |
1 |
| Norwegian |
7 |
| Portuguese |
7 |
| Russian |
8 |
| Shona |
6 |
| Sinhala |
2 |
| Slovenian |
5 |
| Spanish |
11 |
| Swedish |
43 |
| Tagalog |
4 |
| Tamil |
4 |
| Thai |
1 |
| Tigrigma |
1 |
| Turkish |
1 |
| Urdu |
3 |
| Uygur |
1 |
| Total
languages/dialects |
38 |
|
