Max no. of foreign born tech grads from India: US Census

Indians account for nearly one-fourth of the total foreign born residents with degrees in computers, mathematics and statistics, latest figures released by the Census Bureau say.

"The majority (64 per cent) of foreign-born residents with degrees in computers, mathematics and statistics were born in Asia, including 24 percent who were born in India and 14 per cent were born in China," the Census Bureau said based on the analysis of its 2010 census figures.

A majority (61 per cent) of foreign born with engineering degrees were born in Asia, including 22 per cent, who were born in India, and 13 per cent who were born in China, the report said on Thursday.

"The country of birth with the largest number of degrees in science and engineering was India, with 747,000, accounting for 18 per cent of the foreign-born population with S&E

degrees," said the report.

Foreign-born residents represented 33 per cent of all bachelor's degree holders in engineering fields, 27 per cent in computers, mathematics and statistics; 24 per cent in physical sciences; and 17 per cent in biological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

Of the 4.2 million foreign-born science and engineering bachelor's degree holders in the US, 57 per cent were born in Asia, 18 per cent in Europe, 16 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 per cent in Africa, 3 per cent in Northern America and less than one per cent in Oceania.

Thirty seven per cent of the 4.2 million foreign-born residents with science and engineering degrees were female.

Among countries of birth, Canada (22 per cent) and Korea (20 per cent) had the highest proportion of social science degree holders, while India (seven per cent) had the lowest proportion.