The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/1996 reveal that:
Of overseas domiciled students at UK higher education institutions:
* 48.4 per cent are European
* 30.2 per cent are Asian
* 7.3 per cent are African
* 7 per cent are North American
* 4.5 per cent are Middle Eastern
* 1.5 per cent are South American
* 1 per cent are Australasian