According to statistics from the Institute of International Education (IIE), a US government-funded organization, in 1994 there were 37,581 Taiwanese students pursuing studies in the States. After that the number declined, leveling off at about 30,000 for a while, and then, in the year 2000, falling below 30,000. Last year, the figure was down to 28,500.
根據美國國際教育協會 (IIE) 的資料顯示，台灣在美國求學的留學生人數由一九九四年的三萬七千五百八十一人，逐漸降低，爾後一直維持在三萬人左右，二○○○年時跌破三萬人，去年更是創下了近十年來的新低，只有二萬八千五百多人。