Is studying in the US worth it? – Education Beyond Borders Podcast
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Is studying in the US worth it? A recent survey found that most international students in the US want to stay after graduation but worry about getting a job.
24-MAR-2022 | The survey about how international students are feeling about studying in the United States, which was conducted by Education Rethink for Interstride in January, found that most international students in the US want to stay after graduation but worry about getting a job.
The survey participants were 1,087 students from more than 100 countries studying at more than 125 institutions in the US.
Higher education in the US is generally much more expensive than in most other destinations, and students who choose the US accept that cost in the expectation that the return on investment in terms of career and income targets will be worth it. However, the research found that only about half of surveyed students currently studying in the US thought that the value of a US education justified the cost.
Some of the key findings of the research are that the main draw of studying in the US is the reputation of the country’s colleges and universities. Students are overall satisfied with their experience and would recommend it to other students. More than 4 in 10 students wanted to stay in the US after graduation to work for a few years and another 3 in 10 wanted to work in the US for a longer period of time. Only 13% of students wanted to go home or to another country after graduation.
Students are less sure of the “value” of studying in the US, in some cases because they are not certain that once they graduate, they will be able to find a job in the US. This sense of how difficult it might be to achieve career goals in the US seems to be affecting many students’ estimation of whether studying in the US offers sufficient value for money.
The report offers a number of recommendations for US educators, with perhaps the main one being that educators need to develop closer relationships with US employers that could potentially hire international graduates.
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