Indian students in the US contributed $3.3-billion to US economy last year

This year, 90,000 students had applied for US visa to pursue studies in that country and 4000 have succeeded in getting the prized document. According to sources in the American Embassy, last year Indian students in the United States had contributed $3.3 billion to the US economy.
Obviously, it is an arrangement that is advantageous and beneficial to both countries.
The students who have got the visa will now get added to those who are already there and that is nearly 103,000 at present. This will make Indians the second largest group of foreign students in the United States after China. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 29 May 2015.

Student visa applications across India has increased 60 percent last year and 78 per cent of the Indians select Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Engineering is at the top of the chart, followed by computer science.
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