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India Ranks 2nd In Number Of Foreign Students Studying In US

IANS, 02 May, 2018 12:24 PM
    India ranks second in number of foreign students studying in the US. China tops the list with 377,070 students.
     
     
    In its latest biannual report on international student trends, 49 per cent of the F and M student population in the United States hailed from either China (377,070 students) or India (211,703 students), and interest continues to grow.
     
     
    Over the reporting period, both China and India saw proportional growth between 1 and 2 per cent, with China sending 6,305 more students and India sending 2,356 more students.
     
     
    It is this level of participation from China and India that makes Asia far and away the most popular continent of origin. In fact, 77 per cent of all international students in the US call Asia home, said the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) report of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations.
     
     
    According to the report, despite steady growth from the two most populous nations, there was a slight decrease in the number of Asian students coming to study in the United States over the reporting period.
     
     
    The sharp decline in the number of students from Saudi Arabia (-9,971), South Korea (-5,488), and Yemen (-396) outweighed the rapid growth in the number of students coming from Pakistan (+448), Burma (+206) and Cambodia (+109).
     
     
    During the reporting period, the total number of SEVIS records for active F and M students decreased by 0.5 per cent, from 1,208,039 in March 2017 to 1,201,829 in March 2018.
     
     
    The J-1 exchange visitor population increased by four per cent from 201,408 in March 2017 to 209,568 in March 2018.
     
     
    The J-1 visa offers cultural and educational exchange opportunities in the United States through a variety of programmes overseen by the US State Department.

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