Number of students studying Korean rose 78% since 2009
Experts link this increase to the growing interest in Korean popular culture.
This is a line graph of the number of students enrolled in a Korean language class in college from 1958 to 2016. The graph shows an increase from 1972 at zero students to 2016 at 15,072 students. There was a 78% increase from 2009 to 2016.