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Chinese students lead foreign surge in U.S. Colleges

By Huang Jin  (People's Daily Online)    15:35, September 08, 2015
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American campuses have never been more international.

More than 1 million international students, using an F (academic) or M (vocational) visa, enrolled at nearly 9,000 U.S. schools. This marked a 9 percent increase when compared to July 2014 data, according to the latest report on international students recently released by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).

Seventy-six percent of all international students were from Asia. The top 10 sources of international students included: China, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Mexico and Brazil.

India and Vietnam had the greatest percentage increase in students studying in the United States at 31.9 and 25.9 percent, respectively, when compared to statistics in July 2014.

The University of Southern California, New York University, Columbia University, the University of Illinois and Purdue University ranked one through five among U.S. schools with the most international students.

More than 400,000 international students pursued STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) coursework in July 2015, an increase of nearly 17.7 percent from July 2014 data (more than 60,000). Sixty-six percent of international students studying STEM fields were male. Eighty-six percent of international students studying STEM coursework were from Asia. More international students studied engineering than any other STEM field of study, with 29 percent of those engineering students coming from India.

A quarterly report on international students studying in the United States, was released by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

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