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Why the US is losing foreign graduates

March 20, 2009

'Demand for gaming will boom'

The pull of friends and family

After finishing their studies, large numbers of foreign students have traditionally chosen to stay in the U.S. to work full-time or pursue postdoctoral work. But that dynamic appears to be changing, the report says.

Of the survey respondents, very few would like to stay in the U.S. permanently; only 6% of Indian, 10% of Chinese, and 15% of Europeans.

The largest group of respondents wants to return home within five years -- 45% of Indian, 40% of Chinese, and 30% of European students.

Image: Indian students waving the Indian flag at a parade in New York. | Photograph: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff Archives