Indian students in US up record 29.4%
Yogita Rao
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Mumbai
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The number of Indian students going to the US has risen by 29.4% this year -a record high -according to the Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange released on Monday .From hosting around 1.02 lakh Indian students last year, the US has been the destination for 30,000 more students in 2014-15 -the largest growth from a single country . The single-year growth rate for India is the highest in the history of Open Doors since 1954-55, comparable only with the growth witnessed in 2000-01, when the jump was of 29.1%. Experts attribute the surge to a boom in international schools in India, making overseas education attractive for Indian students, and liberal economic policies. The number of Indian students going to the US has sharply gone up this year by 29.4%. In the same period last year, the growth rate was just about 6.11%.
This was after the enrolment of Indian students in US universities dipped for three consecutive years between 2010 and 2013. Over the last 10 years, the number of students in the US has gone up by 73.7%. Even as the number of Indian students pursing graduate studies went up by 39.3% in the last year adding to the overall growth, the influx of international schools in the country has led to a good jump of 30.3% among students pursuing undergraduate studies too.
Maximum numbers of Indians pursue graduate studies (64%) in the US, followed by optional practical training (22%) and undergraduate studies (12%). Texas emerged as the top study abroad destination for Indian students in the US, while California and New York are a close second and third.
The Open Doors report is an nually published by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the US department of state's bureau of education and cultural affairs.
While Open Doors does not compile region-wise data for their international students, Michael Evans, consular section chief, mentioned that Gujarat and Mah arashtra make up the biggest students' pool from the western region. “We have had the highest number of visa applications, including students' visas, from these two states in the western region,“ he said. The region also includes Chhattisgarh, Goa and MP.In the last one year, there has been a 56% rise in the students' visas issued in the country , when the western region saw a jump of 89%.
Science, technology , engineering, math (STEM) remained the most popular choice of study among Indian students. Of these, engineering was the top choice, with 37.5% students pursuing it, followed by mathcomputer with 31.4% students.
This was after the enrolment of Indian students in US universities dipped for three consecutive years between 2010 and 2013. Over the last 10 years, the number of students in the US has gone up by 73.7%. Even as the number of Indian students pursing graduate studies went up by 39.3% in the last year adding to the overall growth, the influx of international schools in the country has led to a good jump of 30.3% among students pursuing undergraduate studies too.
Maximum numbers of Indians pursue graduate studies (64%) in the US, followed by optional practical training (22%) and undergraduate studies (12%). Texas emerged as the top study abroad destination for Indian students in the US, while California and New York are a close second and third.
The Open Doors report is an nually published by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the US department of state's bureau of education and cultural affairs.
While Open Doors does not compile region-wise data for their international students, Michael Evans, consular section chief, mentioned that Gujarat and Mah arashtra make up the biggest students' pool from the western region. “We have had the highest number of visa applications, including students' visas, from these two states in the western region,“ he said. The region also includes Chhattisgarh, Goa and MP.In the last one year, there has been a 56% rise in the students' visas issued in the country , when the western region saw a jump of 89%.
Science, technology , engineering, math (STEM) remained the most popular choice of study among Indian students. Of these, engineering was the top choice, with 37.5% students pursuing it, followed by mathcomputer with 31.4% students.
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Source: Times of India, 17-11-2015
