The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently released statistics on foreign students currently studying in the United States. As of April 1, 2014:
- There are currently 1,015,178 F & M students studying in the United States
- There are currently 188,382 J-1 exchange visitors in the United States
- 29% of all F & M students in the United States originate from China
- 56% of all F & M students in the United States are males
- There are 351,397 F & M students studying in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) fields in the United States - 85% of the F & M students in the United States originate from Asia
- 43% of all F & M STEM students study engineering
Below is a graph showing the top 10 countries that send the most students to the U.S. As to destination, California, New York and Texas lead all states in the number of international students enrolled.
