<p>Chinese and Indians accounted for 48 percent of all active foreign students in the US in 2019, according to an official report.</p>.<p>A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) -- a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- said there were 1.52 million active records in SEVIS for F-1 and M-1 students during calendar year 2019, a 1.7 percent decrease from 2018.</p>.<p>SEVIS is a web-based system for maintaining information on international nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors in the US.</p>.<p>While an F1 visa is issued to international students who are attending an academic programme or English language programme at a US college or university, M-1 visa is reserved for international students attending vocational schools and technical schools. Forty-eight percent or 733,718 of all active SEVIS records hailed from either China (474,497) or India (249,221) in 2019, a slight increase from 47 percent in calendar year 2018, the report said.</p>.<p>While the overall number of active F-1 and M-1 student records coming from Asia decreased by 28,063 from 2018 to 2019, student record trends varied across different countries, it said.</p>.<p>The number of students from China and India made Asia the most popular continent of origin. Despite this, China sent fewer students in 2019 in comparison to 2018 (-4,235), as did India (-2,069), the report said.</p>.<p>According to the report, 75 percent of all nonimmigrant students in the US call Asia home.</p>.<p>Some Asian countries like Qatar, Syria, and Yemen sent fewer students, while Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Kyrgyzstan sent more students in 2019.</p>.<p>The report noted that 49 percent (671,731) of foreign students in 2019 were female, while 56 percent (851,518) were male. Of K-12 student enrolments, 42.5 percent or 33,759 were females in 2019.</p>.<p>It said 43.7 percent (442,747) of bachelor's and master's nonimmigrant students, 48.4 percent (52,017) seeking associate degrees and 39 percent (73,301) seeking doctoral degrees in 2019 were females.</p>.<p>Of the top 10 countries of citizenship in 2019, the average female enrolment was 44 percent (471,262) and the average male enrolment was 56 percent (595,175), it said.</p>.<p>The report said Asia remains the number one continent of origin for nonimmigrant students with 1,137,419 student records, despite a 2.4 percent (-28,063) decrease in the nonimmigrant student population from the continent.</p>
<p>Chinese and Indians accounted for 48 percent of all active foreign students in the US in 2019, according to an official report.</p>.<p>A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) -- a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- said there were 1.52 million active records in SEVIS for F-1 and M-1 students during calendar year 2019, a 1.7 percent decrease from 2018.</p>.<p>SEVIS is a web-based system for maintaining information on international nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors in the US.</p>.<p>While an F1 visa is issued to international students who are attending an academic programme or English language programme at a US college or university, M-1 visa is reserved for international students attending vocational schools and technical schools. Forty-eight percent or 733,718 of all active SEVIS records hailed from either China (474,497) or India (249,221) in 2019, a slight increase from 47 percent in calendar year 2018, the report said.</p>.<p>While the overall number of active F-1 and M-1 student records coming from Asia decreased by 28,063 from 2018 to 2019, student record trends varied across different countries, it said.</p>.<p>The number of students from China and India made Asia the most popular continent of origin. Despite this, China sent fewer students in 2019 in comparison to 2018 (-4,235), as did India (-2,069), the report said.</p>.<p>According to the report, 75 percent of all nonimmigrant students in the US call Asia home.</p>.<p>Some Asian countries like Qatar, Syria, and Yemen sent fewer students, while Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Kyrgyzstan sent more students in 2019.</p>.<p>The report noted that 49 percent (671,731) of foreign students in 2019 were female, while 56 percent (851,518) were male. Of K-12 student enrolments, 42.5 percent or 33,759 were females in 2019.</p>.<p>It said 43.7 percent (442,747) of bachelor's and master's nonimmigrant students, 48.4 percent (52,017) seeking associate degrees and 39 percent (73,301) seeking doctoral degrees in 2019 were females.</p>.<p>Of the top 10 countries of citizenship in 2019, the average female enrolment was 44 percent (471,262) and the average male enrolment was 56 percent (595,175), it said.</p>.<p>The report said Asia remains the number one continent of origin for nonimmigrant students with 1,137,419 student records, despite a 2.4 percent (-28,063) decrease in the nonimmigrant student population from the continent.</p>