Most Foreign-Born S & E Doctorate Recipients Who Stay in the United States after Graduation Work in S & E Occupations

Most employed early career stayers ( 86 % ) were working in a science and engineering ( S&E ) occupation in 2017. An early career stayer is defined as an S&E doctorate recipient who held a temporary visa at graduation from a U.S. academic institution ( graduated during 2006 – 15 ) , were at the early stage of their career, and were living in the United States in 2017. Another 7 % of these employed early career stayers with S&E doctorates worked in S&E-related occupations ( e.g., healthcare practitioners, S&E managers, and S&E technicians and technologists ) . Data are from surveys by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news