Indian student numbers in the USA
November 18th, 2008
(Thanks to Bijoyraj for the pointer in an orkut message board.)
Following is an excerpt from a report in the Economic Times.
… For the seventh year running, India is the leading source of foreign enrolments on US campuses, sending a record 94,563 students
during the academic year 2007-2008.
Indian students now constitute 15 per cent of the total US university foreign enrolment which stood at 623,000 in this academic year, a 7 per cent increase over the 583,000 foreign students who came here in 2006-2007, according Open Doors, the authoritative annual report on the subject released on Monday.
The Indian increase of 13 per cent (up from 83,833 in 2006-2007) is only marginally overshadowed by the resurgence of interest in the US from Chinese students, whose numbers jumped up from 67,723 in 2006-2007 to 81,127 this past year, a 20 per cent increase. But since 2001/02, when it took over from China, India has remained the leading place of origin for students coming to the United States.
South Korea (69,124), Japan (33,974), and Canada (29,051) round off the top five countries sending students to the US, together accounting for 49 per cent of all international students.
… Among the many noteworthy facts in the 2008 Open Doors reports was the surge in students from Nepal coming to the US. There was a 15% increase in enrolments from Nepal this past year, putting it at number 11 with 8,936 students, following a 28% increase the previous year.
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),Slowing brain drain,Studying in USA,Vedanta University, Puri
1 Writeup
1. R. K. Ghosh | November 19th, 2008 at 12:20 am
The rise in the number of Indian students in US universities is mainly in undergraduate and masters programme. What bothers me is that the Indian students are not interested in Ph. Ds any more. Most of these students seek jobs after graduating with masters degrees from US universities. Furthermore, majority of these students have done their undergraduates from private engineering colleges in India and did not have any exposure to quality education. So, US universities in reality have become finishing schools for these students. In contrast most Chinese students enroll for Ph. Ds from US universities. Possibly disadvantage of language is a boon in disguise for Chinese students, because they are better trained in the long run. According to a statistics Indian universities produce just around 40 Ph. Ds in CS which includes those from colleges/universities located in states and not known for their qualities. So, my guess is about 15-20% of these Ph.Ds may be of good quality. Given this scenario in India and the situation of Ph. D enrollments among Indian students in US universities, I think the situation is really bad.