Indian students contributed USD 7.6 billion to the US economy within the school year 2019-20, albeit there was a 4.4 per cent drop by the entire number of Indian students, consistent with a report.
China remained the most important source of international students within the US, with the amount of Chinese students within the country increasing for the 16th consecutive year. there have been over 372,000 Chinese students within the US during 2019-20 year, said the report “Opens Doors 2020.”
India remained the second largest source of international students, despite a 4.4 per cent decline to 193,124 students, it said.
According to the report, released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and therefore the Institute of International Education (IIE), for the fifth consecutive year the us hosted quite 1 million international students (1,075,496) in a tutorial year.
Despite a small decline (1.8 per cent) within the number of international students within the us during the 2019-20 school year, this group still represents 5.5 per cent of all students in US education system.
According to the US Department of Commerce, international students contributed USD 44 billion to the US economy in 2019, including USD 7,69 billion from Indian students.
We are encouraged to ascertain a fifth year of quite 1 million international students within the us before the pandemic, said Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
