BD students have reached a new all-time high in USA

The quantity of Bangladeshi students studying in the United States has arrived at another unequaled high. 

More than 8,800 Bangladeshi understudies concentrated in the US in the 2019/2020 scholastic year. 

US Embassy Dhaka uncovered the information in its yearly report, named "Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange," in festivity of International Education Week (IEW) on Monday. 

The figure is another unsurpassed high for Bangladesh, mirroring a 7.1% expansion over the 2019 report (8,249 understudies), and dramatically multiplying since 2009. 

Bangladesh presently positions seventeenth on the planet, up from twentieth spot in 2019, of nations sending understudies to the United States for advanced education. 

The nation had the most elevated rate development among the best 20 nations, and the most noteworthy expansion in the South Asian locale. 

Out of the 8,838 Bangladeshi understudies concentrating in the United States in 2019/2020, 5,787 learned at the alumni level - a 9.6% expansion more than 2018/2019 scholastic year - moving Bangladesh from ninth to eighth spot on the planet for graduate understudies concentrating in the US. 

Over 75% of Bangladeshi understudies at present on US grounds concentrate in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Of them, over 41% examination Engineering, over 19% investigation Math/Computer Science, and over 15% investigation Physical or Life Sciences. 

Almost 7% study Business/Management and almost 6% study Social Sciences. Almost 1,300 Bangladeshi understudies (14% of every single Bangladeshi understudy) during the 2019/2020 scholastic year took an interest in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) - hands on preparing in one's field of study - as a feature of their examinations in the United States.