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Indian Tech Graduate Students Plummeted In U.S. Before Covid-19
The number of students from India enrolled in graduate-level computer science at U.S. universities declined by more than 11,000 between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years, research shows.
Even before Covid-19 closed colleges and stopped most international travel, fewer graduate students from India, a key source of tech talent in America, decided to study at U.S. universities. Restrictive immigration policies in the United States, combined with more attractive policies in Canada, have shifted the flow of international students, which carries major implications for America's tech future.
"The number of international students from India enrolled in graduate-level computer science and engineering at U.S. universities declined by more than 25% between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years," according to a new analysis of government data by the National Foundation for American Policy. "The evidence indicates many Indian students are choosing Canada over the United States as the place to study and make their careers."
In computer science, international student enrollment at the graduate-level at U.S. universities dropped from 70,630 in 2016-17 to 64,580 in 2018-19, a decline of 6,050, or 8.5%. The decline was largely due to the enrollment of Indian graduate students in computer science dropping by 11,080, or 23.3%, between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years.
The story was a little better at the undergraduate level for computer science, with international students enrolled at U.S. universities increasing from 29,140 in the 2016-17 academic year to 35,400 in 2018-19, a rise of 6,260, or 21.5%.
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