2 lakh Indian students in US varsities, says latest report

May 02, 2018 19:28

India is the second largest source country of foreign students in the United States, with over 2 lakh Indians currently studying in various American universities, a latest official report has said.

China tops the list with 377,070 students, the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations said.

The report said 49 per cent of the F and M student population in the United States hailed from either China or India (211,703 students), and interest continues to grow.

There are two different types of non-immigrant student visas in the US: the F-1 and M-1 visas.

The F-1 visa is for non-immigrants wanting to go for academic studies and/or language training programme, and the M-1 visa is for non-immigrants wanting to go for non-academic or vocational studies.

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, the report said.

According to the report, despite steady growth from the two mot 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), Myanmar (+206) and Cambodia (+109). -- PTI

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