Washington: Indians account for nearly one-fourth of the total foreign born residents with degrees in computers, mathematics and statistics, latest figures released by the Census Bureau say.
“The majority (64 percent) of foreign-born residents with degrees in computers, mathematics and statistics were born in Asia, including 24 percent who were born in India and 14 percent were born in China,” the Census Bureau said based on the analysis of its 2010 census figures.
A majority (61 percent) of foreign born with engineering degrees were born in Asia, including 22 percent who were born in India. Reuters
A majority (61 percent) of foreign born with engineering degrees were born in Asia, including 22 percent who were born in India, and 13 percent who were born in China, the report said yesterday.
“The country of birth with the largest number of degrees in science and engineering (S&E) was India, with 747,000, accounting for 18 percent of the foreign-born population with S&E degrees,” said the report.
Foreign-born residents represented 33 percent of all bachelor’s degree holders in engineering fields, 27 percent in computers, mathematics and statistics; 24 percent in physical sciences; and 17 percent in biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.
Of the 4.2 million foreign-born science and engineering bachelor’s degree holders in the US, 57 percent were born in Asia, 18 percent in Europe, 16 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 percent in Africa, 3 percent in Northern America and less than one percent in Oceania.
Thirty-seven percent of the 4.2 million foreign-born residents with science and engineering degrees were female.
Among countries of birth, Canada (22 percent) and Korea (20 percent) had the highest proportion of social science degree holders, while India (seven percent) had the lowest proportion.
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