International Students in U.S.A
Mekalaa Babu
Mekalaa Babu
USA has the world’s largest international student population, with more than one million students choosing to broaden their education and life experience. USA has emerged as a leading country known for its quality education. The major reason is American universities are stronghold of cultural diversity, campus life, offer excellent support facilities, availability of broad range of programs, opportunity of research, teaching and training.In addition to that,USA has more than 7 million job openings. Students also have the option to do curriculum practical training which is full time internship program while studying helping them to gain work experience directly related to the area of study, enhancing knowledge and understanding field.
As of 2019, the number of International students is 1,095,299 students and it's still growing. This projection map illustrates the countries of origin.The students total count is identified by the color of the countries, with darker countries having a higher number. By hovering over the map, user can view the total number of students by each country.
This bar chart to the left interprets the ranking of countries based on the number of international students for the past ten years. China is the top origin country for international students, representing 33.7 percent of the total, followed by India 18.4 percent. Other countries were less than five percent each. In summary, more than half of the international students were from China and India and these were leading places over the ten year period. User can click on the timeline to move the line on a specific year or pause the button.
In USA, around 98% of International students are holding F visa. This visa allows the foreigners to purse academic studies in USA. J visa is for an exchange visitor who intend to participate in an approved program such as professor, research or any specialist. Other visa such as M visa for full-time students at a vocational or other nonacademic institution, Dependent visa/Spouse visa.
This bar chart interprets the marital status, visa type, full time or part time course of international students which is categorized by gender as of 2019. From this we conclude that majority of students are not married and studying full time courses.
User can view the exact percentage details by hovering over the bar chart. As mentioned in the caption, blue color indicates percentage of men and yellow indicates percentage of women.
More than 50 percent of the students are in OPT program. OPT (Optional Practical Training) is a period during which undergraduate or graduate students with F-1 visa who have been studying or completed their course are allowed to work for certain period. Students get practical exposure to complement their education.
The below plot demonstrates the international students at different academic level. By hovering on the dot plot, user can view and compare the numbers over the past ten years. The majority of students coming to USA are pursuing undergraduate or graduate program. Only few people are doing Non degree course such as summer course, certificate program, training to build professional skills.
Average tuition fees for 2018/19 is $12000-$50000 per year. Other than this, estimated living cost of US is around $10,000-12,000 per year. In the below bar chart, it explains the source of funding to pursue degrees in USA as of 2019. X axis denotes the total number of International students. User can hover over each bar chart and view their exact numbers. Numbers displayed in the bar chart is the percentage of the each category. Around $3.6 lakhs of undergraduate and $2.2 lakhs of graduate students paid for their education expense from their personal or family funds. Nearly $1.4 lakhs students pursuing graduate programs were sponsored by US colleges/universities. Around $2.2 lakhs students earn through OPT program. These were the major source of funding used by international students.
In this graph, Line graph shows the total count of international students and bar chart represents the overall number of US enrollment in the past thirty years. User can view the exact number of International students and count of students who are in OPT program by hovering over the line chart. The numbers have drastically increased in every decade. Overall the percentage of international students enrollment has increased from 2.2 to 5.5.
Below tree map represents the hierarchy of fields of study and its distinguished by courses. In this visualization, it is clearly seen that Engineering, Business & Management and Math & computer science are major courses chosen by the international students. User can view the details by hovering over the map and can view its categories by selecting field of study.
International students studying at US colleges and universities contribute nearly $41 billion to the US economy and support 458,290 jobs during 2018-2019 academic year. For every seven international students three US jobs are created and supported by spending occurring in the higher education, accommodation, retail, transportation and health insurance sectors.
This map illustrates the number of international students, revenue amount, number of students get job opportunities. User can view these details by hovering over the map. One out of 3 international students studies in California, New York, Texas which is highlighted in darker color.
Other than financial benefit, International students promote a diverse campus environment. Bringing together people from multiple cultures into one classroom can make a lively and productive learning experience. Universities are always looking to bring in students who excel in certain areas hence recruiting best students from around the world, which is great for the reputation of any school.
This chart displays the ranking of institutions based on recruitment number of international students. Almost 140,000 students admitted in these universities as of 2019. Overall intake of New York University is substantially more than the other universities as their intake numbers are almost similar.
Instructions:
Select rank icon to view the institutions in the ranking order.
Hover each line graph to view the institution name.
Select scores icon to view the total number of International students.
To replay this chart, select replay icon.
Many universities rely on International enrollment. If those students cannot study in this country amid the coronavirus outbreak, that would be a financial shock for a number of colleges and universities. Many international students are not able to come to the US and that could cause a significant disruption in our college system. There is a huge impact on the economy and decline in the job market as well. All colleges/universities have migrated to online classes. US department has temporarily suspended visa services globally, there is very limited visa appointment availability. This will hopefully change as services resume but the overall impact is still uncertain.