In the peak year of 1992 the American Institute in Taiwan granted 13,000 student visas to Taiwanese. The figure has been falling ever since, down to 9700 last year.
由美國在台協會所核發的學生簽證數看來，一九九二年，到美國留學的台灣學生人數達到最高峰，有一萬三千多人，之後開始慢慢減少，到去年減至九千七百多人。