US master's: Indian students on top
Students from India have out-numbered their Chinese counterparts in US by a decent margin when it comes to pursuing master's degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, an official report for the year 2009 has revealed.
According to the figures tabulated by the Department of Homeland Security for the National Science Foundation in 2009, India was the top sending country for STEM and graduates enrolled in master's degree programs and represented 56 per cent of all STEM students seeking master's degree in 2009.
In fact, Indian graduate students studying engineering and computer science led in master's degrees. Students from China were placed second at 15 per cent and were more evenly distributed across STEM fields, with the exception of engineering.
The remaining top eight sending countries accounted for a total of 13 per cent of all foreign students seeking master's degrees in STEM fields in 2009, less than that of China, said the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in its recent report.
But when it comes to Doctoral degrees, Chinese students took the first position, as the report discloses.
In terms of doctoral degrees, China sent the most STEM students in 2009, making up 35 per cent. Chinese PhD students were almost half of all foreign nationals in mathematics and physical sciences and roughly a third of all foreign nationals in the other STEM fields (except psychology and the social sciences). Doctoral degree students from India represented 16 per cent of STEM doctorates in 2009, it said.
The number of full-time graduate students in science,
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