In 2022, India sent more students to the United States compared to the previous year, while China sent fewer, according to a new report. “The number of students from China and India made Asia the most popular continent of origin.
Compared to the decline in calendar year 2020 to 2021, China sent fewer students in 2022 compared to 2021 (-24,796), while India sent more students (64,300),” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in its annual message.
According to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), the number of international students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade schools increased by 7.8 percent (3,887) from 2021 to 2022. No K-12 school had more than 700 international students in calendar year 2022, similar to calendar year 2021, the report said.
All four regions in the United States saw increases in international student enrollments from 2021 to 2022, with respective increases ranging from 8 to 11 percent, the report said.
Before and after completing optional practical training (OPT), there were 117,301 students with employment authorization documents (EAD) who reported working with an employer in calendar year 2022, up from 115,651 in calendar year 2021 a 1.4 percent increase, he said.
In calendar year 2022; 7,683 SEVP-certified schools were eligible to enroll international students, a decrease of 400 schools from 2021 (8,038 schools), the company said.
In 2022, California hosted 225,173 international students, the largest percentage of international students (16.5 percent) of any U.S. state, the report said.
There were 276,723 active exchange visitors in the United States in 2022, compared to 240,479 active exchange visitors in 2021—a 15 percent increase.
The report states that 46 percent (6,21,347) of all active SEVIS records originated from China (3,24,196) or India (2,97,151) in calendar year 2022, down one percentage point from calendar year 2021.
The total number of active F-1 and M-1 student records originating in Asia increased by 68,678 from calendar year 2021 to calendar year 2022, with student record trends varying by country.
Seventy percent of all international students in the United States call Asia home. Other Asian countries that sent fewer students this year than last year include Saudi Arabia (-4,115), Kuwait (-658) and Malaysia (-403).
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