The number of Indian students enrolled in graduate-level computer science and engineering courses at US universities declined by over 25% between academic years 2016-17 and 2018-19, an analysis by National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) has found.
Fewer Indian science and technology students have been going to the US for graduation courses even before the Covid-19 outbreak put a question mark on whether international students in American universities will be able to make it for the September semester.
The number of Indian students enrolled in graduate-level computer science and engineering courses at US universities declined by over 25% between academic years 2016-17 and 2018-19, an analysis by National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) has found.
Similarly, the number of international graduate-level students in engineering courses declined by 10,260 over the same period, while the number of Indian students dropped by 10,870.
The NFAP report also pointed out that the number of Indian students at Canadian universities rose from 76,075 in 2016 to 172,625 in 2018, an increase of 127%, according to the Canadian Bureau for International Education.
“Many Indian students have been choosing Canada over the United States as the place to study and make their careers,” NFAP executive director Stuart Anderson said.
The number of Indians who became permanent residents in Canada increased from 39,340 in 2016 to 85,585 in 2019, a rise of more than 117%, according to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
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