Percentage of Indian Students Studying in USA increases

Updated on: Monday, September 07, 2015

According to the latest report, the USA universities and colleges have experienced a 32 percent increase in the number of Indian students since last year when compared to nine per cent internationally. The "SEVIS by the Numbers," a quarterly report on international students studying in the USA released by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is part of USA Immigration and Customs Enforcement, states that there has been a "32 percent increase in Indian students in USA since 2014".

It mentions that 76 percent of all international are students are from Asia. The top 10 countries of citizenship for international students included China, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Mexico and Brazil.

The greatest percentage increase in students studying in the USA is Indian and Vietnam students, at 31.9 percent and 25.9 percent respectively, when compared to statistics extracted from SEVIS July 2014. "24 percent of all F&M students studying at schools in the state of Texas are from India, followed by 17 per cent from China," SEVP said.

China with about 3,00,000 has the maximum number of international students in the USA, followed by Indian students  with nearly 1,50,000. The University of Southern  New York University, California,Columbia University, Purdue University and University of Illinois ranked one through five among USA schools with the most international students.

There are currently 1.5 million international students in the USA who get F&M visa for studying in the country. Among them, 4,05,314  &M students are studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in the USA.

 

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