Where Are They Now ? Most Early Career U.S.-Trained S & E Doctorate Recipients with Temporary Visas at Graduation Stay and Work in the United States after Graduation

Foreign-born workers are a growing part of the U.S. science and engineering ( S&E ) workforce, and they earned about one-third of S&E doctorate degrees awarded by U.S. institutions in 2017. Most of these S&E doctorate recipients remained in the United States for employment after graduation ( 72 % ) , and many become U.S. citizens or permanent residents ( 67 % ) . China and India were the two largest source countries for U.S.-trained S&E doctorate holders with temporary visas at graduation. At least half of the early career S&E doctorate holders with temporary visas at graduation who were in the United States in 2017 ( early career stayers ) worked in the same field as their doctorate. Data were from the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news