Table 53. Doctorate recipients with temporary visas intending to stay in the United States after doctorate receipt, by country of citizenship: 2010–16
Country of citizenship |
Total, 2010–16 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
Number |
% staying |
All temporary visa holders |
106,800 |
70.7 |
13,636 |
69.1 |
14,235 |
70.1 |
14,784 |
70.7 |
15,674 |
70.1 |
15,841 |
71.1 |
16,132 |
71.3 |
16,498 |
72.4 |
Africa |
4,121 |
66.3 |
477 |
62.9 |
511 |
64.2 |
572 |
66.3 |
610 |
65.2 |
648 |
66.8 |
649 |
66.4 |
654 |
70.6 |
Egypt |
835 |
64.1 |
73 |
65.8 |
114 |
57.9 |
126 |
64.3 |
140 |
61.4 |
135 |
70.4 |
129 |
62.8 |
118 |
66.1 |
Ghana |
465 |
69.2 |
65 |
64.6 |
55 |
70.9 |
55 |
67.3 |
58 |
70.7 |
62 |
77.4 |
83 |
65.1 |
87 |
70.1 |
Kenya |
480 |
70.0 |
68 |
72.1 |
77 |
75.3 |
66 |
68.2 |
79 |
68.4 |
72 |
70.8 |
57 |
68.4 |
61 |
65.6 |
Nigeria |
515 |
81.4 |
51 |
74.5 |
51 |
84.3 |
67 |
77.6 |
65 |
87.7 |
87 |
82.8 |
83 |
75.9 |
111 |
84.7 |
Other |
1,826 |
61.3 |
220 |
55.9 |
214 |
57.0 |
258 |
63.6 |
268 |
59.7 |
292 |
57.2 |
297 |
65.3 |
277 |
68.2 |
Americas |
10,379 |
56.3 |
1,453 |
55.9 |
1,449 |
57.3 |
1,471 |
56.0 |
1,482 |
56.3 |
1,542 |
55.6 |
1,481 |
55.7 |
1,501 |
57.6 |
Argentina |
572 |
58.6 |
102 |
57.8 |
110 |
62.7 |
85 |
58.8 |
81 |
49.4 |
67 |
64.2 |
64 |
53.1 |
63 |
63.5 |
Brazil |
1,062 |
48.6 |
162 |
47.5 |
151 |
41.7 |
163 |
46.6 |
142 |
46.5 |
139 |
50.4 |
150 |
50.7 |
155 |
56.8 |
Canada |
3,181 |
56.3 |
469 |
56.3 |
455 |
55.8 |
423 |
58.4 |
485 |
55.5 |
488 |
55.1 |
454 |
56.6 |
407 |
56.5 |
Chile |
627 |
38.6 |
56 |
42.9 |
80 |
47.5 |
85 |
50.6 |
74 |
36.5 |
99 |
35.4 |
103 |
32.0 |
130 |
32.3 |
Colombia |
1,221 |
58.7 |
132 |
60.6 |
163 |
57.1 |
161 |
53.4 |
179 |
53.1 |
216 |
56.9 |
183 |
68.3 |
187 |
61.5 |
Mexico |
1,385 |
56.2 |
201 |
46.8 |
185 |
56.8 |
213 |
59.2 |
177 |
61.6 |
193 |
54.9 |
194 |
53.1 |
222 |
61.3 |
Venezuela |
247 |
78.1 |
46 |
60.9 |
37 |
91.9 |
28 |
67.9 |
40 |
82.5 |
40 |
82.5 |
29 |
75.9 |
27 |
88.9 |
Other |
2,084 |
61.2 |
285 |
65.3 |
268 |
64.9 |
313 |
56.5 |
304 |
64.1 |
300 |
59.7 |
304 |
57.6 |
310 |
61.0 |
Asia |
71,789 |
75.6 |
9,008 |
74.3 |
9,568 |
74.5 |
9,978 |
74.8 |
10,560 |
75.0 |
10,754 |
75.9 |
10,886 |
76.0 |
11,035 |
78.1 |
Bangladesh |
812 |
84.7 |
63 |
71.4 |
77 |
83.1 |
86 |
88.4 |
107 |
78.5 |
140 |
83.6 |
154 |
87.7 |
185 |
90.3 |
Chinaa |
32,641 |
81.7 |
3,744 |
82.1 |
3,988 |
82.1 |
4,222 |
82.6 |
4,796 |
82.0 |
4,983 |
81.3 |
5,374 |
81.1 |
5,534 |
80.9 |
India |
15,507 |
85.1 |
2,142 |
83.3 |
2,165 |
84.6 |
2,248 |
85.7 |
2,204 |
84.3 |
2,316 |
86.2 |
2,229 |
84.6 |
2,203 |
87.2 |
Indonesia |
472 |
45.6 |
61 |
52.5 |
66 |
48.5 |
51 |
51.0 |
71 |
49.3 |
78 |
38.5 |
53 |
37.7 |
92 |
43.5 |
Japan |
1,440 |
47.5 |
236 |
47.5 |
244 |
50.8 |
240 |
45.0 |
217 |
47.5 |
173 |
48.6 |
164 |
39.6 |
166 |
53.0 |
Nepal |
992 |
87.3 |
73 |
84.9 |
100 |
86.0 |
94 |
86.2 |
150 |
90.0 |
172 |
84.9 |
177 |
88.1 |
226 |
88.5 |
Pakistan |
699 |
48.6 |
58 |
60.3 |
91 |
46.2 |
99 |
42.4 |
98 |
49.0 |
127 |
47.2 |
124 |
54.0 |
102 |
45.1 |
Philippines |
466 |
71.0 |
71 |
71.8 |
69 |
71.0 |
73 |
74.0 |
92 |
66.3 |
70 |
67.1 |
40 |
75.0 |
51 |
76.5 |
Singapore |
604 |
39.6 |
66 |
43.9 |
70 |
50.0 |
88 |
35.2 |
91 |
38.5 |
97 |
38.1 |
102 |
36.3 |
90 |
38.9 |
South Korea |
9,427 |
61.6 |
1,381 |
62.1 |
1,445 |
60.0 |
1,472 |
60.6 |
1,383 |
59.1 |
1,284 |
60.7 |
1,234 |
62.9 |
1,228 |
66.8 |
Taiwan |
4,636 |
67.4 |
650 |
58.5 |
693 |
65.5 |
719 |
65.2 |
699 |
67.4 |
668 |
68.6 |
614 |
70.4 |
593 |
77.9 |
Thailand |
1,648 |
26.6 |
222 |
27.9 |
266 |
25.9 |
260 |
23.5 |
264 |
31.1 |
231 |
26.4 |
220 |
21.4 |
185 |
30.3 |
Vietnam |
821 |
70.5 |
82 |
63.4 |
99 |
64.6 |
99 |
64.6 |
140 |
71.4 |
142 |
76.8 |
135 |
74.8 |
124 |
71.8 |
Other |
1,624 |
66.2 |
159 |
71.7 |
195 |
71.3 |
227 |
65.6 |
248 |
61.7 |
273 |
65.9 |
266 |
62.4 |
256 |
68.0 |
Australia-Oceania |
494 |
56.9 |
81 |
51.9 |
52 |
61.5 |
69 |
65.2 |
80 |
58.8 |
64 |
45.3 |
83 |
55.4 |
65 |
61.5 |
Australia |
318 |
55.3 |
51 |
51.0 |
29 |
62.1 |
40 |
67.5 |
60 |
55.0 |
44 |
43.2 |
52 |
48.1 |
42 |
66.7 |
Other |
176 |
59.7 |
30 |
53.3 |
23 |
60.9 |
29 |
62.1 |
20 |
70.0 |
20 |
50.0 |
31 |
67.7 |
23 |
52.2 |
Europe |
13,170 |
63.0 |
1,963 |
61.5 |
1,962 |
64.3 |
1,930 |
65.3 |
1,904 |
62.3 |
1,802 |
63.4 |
1,832 |
61.4 |
1,777 |
62.7 |
Bulgaria |
327 |
75.5 |
64 |
79.7 |
46 |
65.2 |
50 |
76.0 |
47 |
78.7 |
42 |
66.7 |
34 |
70.6 |
44 |
88.6 |
France |
792 |
62.0 |
109 |
56.9 |
125 |
64.8 |
111 |
56.8 |
97 |
62.9 |
114 |
67.5 |
131 |
58.8 |
105 |
66.7 |
Germany |
1,378 |
56.7 |
192 |
56.8 |
203 |
65.5 |
200 |
60.0 |
202 |
51.5 |
203 |
51.2 |
195 |
51.3 |
183 |
61.2 |
Greece |
601 |
68.7 |
81 |
54.3 |
83 |
71.1 |
100 |
64.0 |
88 |
76.1 |
81 |
72.8 |
84 |
71.4 |
84 |
71.4 |
Italy |
1,042 |
63.4 |
134 |
61.2 |
137 |
60.6 |
168 |
65.5 |
154 |
61.0 |
156 |
64.1 |
126 |
65.1 |
167 |
65.9 |
Romania |
568 |
79.9 |
113 |
80.5 |
101 |
83.2 |
101 |
75.2 |
66 |
74.2 |
79 |
78.5 |
57 |
82.5 |
51 |
88.2 |
Russian Federation (former USSR) |
815 |
72.9 |
128 |
75.8 |
120 |
72.5 |
125 |
69.6 |
110 |
71.8 |
106 |
72.6 |
118 |
78.0 |
108 |
69.4 |
Spain |
570 |
62.6 |
82 |
62.2 |
101 |
62.4 |
66 |
66.7 |
82 |
65.9 |
68 |
60.3 |
98 |
60.2 |
73 |
61.6 |
Turkey |
3,254 |
60.0 |
477 |
54.3 |
493 |
61.9 |
439 |
63.8 |
478 |
60.7 |
426 |
62.9 |
469 |
59.7 |
472 |
57.6 |
Ukraine |
340 |
77.6 |
72 |
75.0 |
46 |
78.3 |
46 |
84.8 |
52 |
76.9 |
51 |
72.5 |
42 |
85.7 |
31 |
71.0 |
United Kingdom |
720 |
60.3 |
101 |
61.4 |
103 |
54.4 |
91 |
72.5 |
113 |
56.6 |
97 |
70.1 |
100 |
55.0 |
115 |
54.8 |
Other |
2,763 |
59.5 |
410 |
59.8 |
404 |
60.4 |
433 |
63.0 |
415 |
59.5 |
379 |
58.3 |
378 |
56.3 |
344 |
58.7 |
Middle East |
6,072 |
64.5 |
528 |
59.5 |
600 |
61.3 |
699 |
65.4 |
865 |
65.2 |
938 |
65.9 |
1,132 |
67.0 |
1,310 |
63.8 |
Iran |
2,848 |
89.1 |
147 |
85.0 |
198 |
88.9 |
287 |
88.5 |
409 |
86.8 |
483 |
89.2 |
629 |
89.7 |
695 |
91.1 |
Israel |
608 |
58.4 |
104 |
56.7 |
90 |
57.8 |
83 |
61.4 |
81 |
60.5 |
81 |
61.7 |
86 |
59.3 |
83 |
51.8 |
Jordan |
768 |
46.2 |
93 |
46.2 |
103 |
55.3 |
121 |
46.3 |
115 |
46.1 |
110 |
40.9 |
128 |
44.5 |
98 |
44.9 |
Lebanon |
411 |
72.5 |
60 |
70.0 |
72 |
69.4 |
66 |
80.3 |
66 |
81.8 |
50 |
66.0 |
39 |
64.1 |
58 |
70.7 |
Saudi Arabia |
696 |
13.1 |
40 |
17.5 |
49 |
14.3 |
57 |
14.0 |
73 |
11.0 |
105 |
17.1 |
134 |
14.2 |
238 |
10.1 |
Other |
741 |
37.5 |
84 |
45.2 |
88 |
29.5 |
85 |
41.2 |
121 |
37.2 |
109 |
37.6 |
116 |
36.2 |
138 |
37.0 |
Country unknown |
775 |
30.6 |
126 |
44.4 |
93 |
37.6 |
65 |
41.5 |
173 |
25.4 |
93 |
24.7 |
69 |
47.8 |
156 |
12.2 |