820,000 Foreign Students currently in US

[texaspg]

<p>“California attracted the largest number of foreign students nationwide, with about 111,000, followed by New York and Texas, which had 88,000 and 63,000 international students, respectively.”</p>

<p>[Foreign</a> students continue to flock to U.S. colleges - latimes.com](<a href=“U.S. colleges draw record foreigners”>U.S. colleges draw record foreigners)</p>

[GMTplus7]

<p>Does that just include the the ones on visas?</p>

[lizard]

<p>More foreign students = more revenue for U.S. colleges. </p>

<p>[At</a> USF, international students bring diversity and dollars | Tampa Bay Times](<a href=“http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/at-usf-international-students-bring-diversity-and-dollars/2145750]At”>At USF, international students bring diversity and dollars)</p>

[texaspg]

<p>I believe foreign students are those issued student visas.</p>

[poetgrl]

<p>This doesn’t surprise me or bother me. We don’t have a growing population in this age group. We should be trying to get the most successful of these students to stay here</p>

[texaspg]

<p>I posted it only for reference. If some are bothered, they are bothered. :p</p>

[GMTplus7]

<p>The U.S. should be proud that the world is voting w its feet on which country has the best universities. Last time I passed by their embassies, I didn’t see lines of students waiting to apply for visas to study in Brazil, Russia, India or China, the way I see them in front of the U.S. embassy.</p>

[Creekland]

<p>The world is better off when more people have an education IMO. Who cares where the birth lottery started them! (And that’s not saying the same thing as trades are bad… they are an education too.)</p>

[romanigypsyeyes]

<p>Good. We need more young people to support our aging population. Bring 'em over!</p>

[xiggi]

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Last time I passed by their embassies, I didn’t see lines of students waiting to apply for visas to study in Brazil, Russia, India or China, the way I see them in front of the U.S. embassy.

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<p>Let’s face it, the United States remains extremely attractive for foreign students, especially in the 18-25 age group. This said, there are other “pipelines” to countries such as the UK and Germany. I remember seeing how active the “recruiting” by specialized outfits is for students in India to consider Germany as a destination. </p>

<p>FYI</p>

<p>[U.S&lt;/a&gt;. colleges see opportunity as Brazil sends students abroad - Chicago Tribune](<a href=“U.S. colleges see opportunity as Brazil sends students abroad”>U.S. colleges see opportunity as Brazil sends students abroad)</p>

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Over the past decade, the U.S. share of the international education market has fallen to 20 percent from 28 percent, as schools in China, Canada, Britain, Australia, France and Japan have increased enrollment.</p>

<p>But U.S. colleges and universities still attract more foreign students than other national systems, and enrollment hit a record 723,277 in 2010-11, up 32 percent from 2000-01.</p>

<p>Foreign students pay the full “out-of-state” cost of a college education, helping schools meet their bottom line.</p>

<p>They represented about 3.5 percent of total enrollment of 20.5 million in 2010-11. Their top fields of study are business and management, engineering, math and computer sciences, and physical and life sciences.

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<p>[In</a> Brazil, a Plan to Send Students to World’s Top Colleges - TIME](<a href=“http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094119,00.html]In”>In Brazil, a Plan to Send Students to World's Top Colleges - TIME)</p>

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How Brazil Is Sending 75,000 Students to the World’s Best Colleges </p>

<p>During the 2009–10 academic year, for example, Brazil, a nation of almost 200 million people, had fewer than 9,000 students at U.S. universities; China, by contrast, had more than 127,000, India 100,000 and South Korea 72,000. That’s a big reason that more than a third of the world’s research and development takes place in Asia today while less than 3% of it goes on in Latin America. Brazil’s effort, dubbed Science Without Borders, involves the federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES), which will fund 40,000 scholarships, and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, which will fund 35,000. The country’s private sector is expected to bankroll another 25,000.

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[texaspg]

<p>It costs about 150k to get a medical degree in India if they do get one of those lottery type free medical seats via a common entrance. I was surprised to hear that people are going from India to China for medical education because they have opened up institutions in China that are lot cheaper to attend for Indians.</p>