This report is a snapshot of the varying levels of international or foreign student enrollment in our colleges and universities. The retention rate is lowest for bachelor’s degree recipients. The number of new international students enrolling at a u.s While precise figures can be difficult to obtain due to data complexities and definitional challenges, available data suggests that the us graduates between 200,000 and 250,000 students with engineering degrees annually, with bachelor’s degrees representing the largest segment. International student mobility refers to the enrollment of international students in proportion to total students in the host country In 2024, there were more than 1.5 million international students enrolled in the united states, making up 5.5% of the total u.s
There were 342,875 international students studying at the undergraduate level in the united states in the 2023/24 academic year. The digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the national center for education statistics (nces). 2019 engineering and engineering technology by the numbers, 2019 engineering undergraduate degree programs, 2019 (pdf) engineering graduate degree programs, 2019 (pdf) engineering technology degree programs, 2019 (pdf) 2018 engineering undergraduate students engineering graduate students engineering technology undergraduate students engineering. Associate degree programs have 7 percent more international students in october 2025 than the year prior, and international doctoral students are up 2 percent.
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