Number of Chinese students in US dramatically expands_美文

Number of Chinese students in US dramatically expands

“The number of Chinese students studying in the United States has almost tripled in the past decade, and has almost quadrupled since 1995,” said Guerra.

Chinese wealth grows

The main reason for the dramatic increase is the growth of the Chinese economy, said RAND Corporation economist Jim Hosek.

“There are a lot of Chinese entrepreneurs, businessmen of all sorts business leaders, who are simply wealthier today, and they can afford to send their sons and daughters abroad,” said Hosek.

Chinese native Li Jing agreed. She received her doctorate in education at the University of Southern California. Li said the way in which Chinese students pay for their tuition abroad has changed since she studied this topic in 2004.

“The majority of Chinese students received scholarships," Li said. "Now, the majority of Chinese students pay their own way to come here to study.”

Influx of Chinese students

In addition, the number of undergraduate students from China in the United States has doubled during the past two years, said University of Southern California's Dean of Religious Life, Varun Soni. He said that although Chinese students typically study engineering and the hard sciences, a new generation is starting to major in subjects such as business, education, and film.

“I think one of the trends we see with this generation is they're really thinking about what they can learn here that will help them when they go back to China. It's not like they want to move here permanently, like previous generations of students wanted to,” said Soni.