College and Career Choices of International Graduate Students in the United States: A Focus on STEM

• In Event: International Studies

Abstract

This study addressed the college and career choices of international graduate students in the United States, particularly those in the STEM fields. Perna’s integrated model of student college choice combined with the push-pull migration model guided data collection from the National Survey of College Graduates to understand the factors in international graduate students’ college and career choices. A binary logistic regression analysis tested direct paths from both individual and contextual factors to the outcomes. This study’s findings showed statistically significant associations between the individual and contextual factors, major choice, institution choice, and major-job relevance.

Author

• Janet Gao, The George Washington University