Status: France 2002

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Key points

No. of participating organisations in the French survey: 12 Total no. of students in 2002: 26,570 Total no. of student weeks in 2002, estimated: 185,990 weeks Overall average length of stay: 7 weeks Average cost of a one-month course, excluding accommodation: e870 (US$924) Average cost of residential accommodation per week: e158 (US$170) Average cost of host family accommodation per week: e179 (US$190) Average commission paid on a language course: 15 per cent (from 10 to 25) Four institutions paid commission on accommodation (from 2 to 25 per cent)

Means of recruiting students in France, 2002		Intensity of study (hours studied per week)
Agents 40.4% Other means 26% Local bookings 17% Internet 16.6%		From 10 to 36 Overall average = 20.5

Top student nationalities in France by student numbers, 2002
US 12.6% Scandinavian + Finnish 10.4% Japanese 8.4% Italian 6.7% Spanish 6.6% German 6.2% Korean 4.8% Swiss 4.7% Mexican 3.5% British 3.4%		Canadian 1.9% Polish 1.9% Chinese 1.6% Russian 1.5% Dutch 1.1% Algerian 1.1% Austrian 0.9% Taiwanese 0.8% Pakistani 0.7% Others 21.2%

Student numbers by age range
8-11, 0% 12-15, 1.9% 16-18, 3.5% 19-24, 40% 25-30, 33% 31-50, 18.5% 51+, 3.1%