Doctoral institution
Temporary visa holders earning a doctorate from high and very high research universities are more likely to stay in the United States than are temporary visa holders graduating from doctoral/research institutions. The magnitude and pattern of the stay rates of temporary visa holder doctorates graduating from very high and high research universities have been quite similar over the past 20 years, rising steadily from 1995 to 2005 with smaller increases since 2006. The stay rates of temporary visa holder doctorate recipients from doctoral/research universities exhibited more year-to-year variability and remained at a level consistently below that of the other two institution types (figure F).
Stay rates of temporary visa holder U.S. doctorate recipients, by type of academic institution: 1995–2015
Institution type | All doctoral institutions | Very high research universities | High research universities | Doctoral/ research universities |
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1995 | 55.2 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 44.0 |
1996 | 60.3 | 60.2 | 60.3 | 50.3 |
1997 | 64.2 | 64.1 | 65.3 | 40.3 |
1998 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 63.6 | 53.1 |
1999 | 66.4 | 67.3 | 62.4 | 50.0 |
2000 | 67.1 | 67.3 | 65.3 | 54.5 |
2001 | 71.4 | 72.5 | 68.4 | 52.4 |
2002 | 69.9 | 70.7 | 67.2 | 47.6 |
2003 | 68.4 | 69.2 | 66.3 | 53.3 |
2004 | 69.3 | 69.7 | 69.3 | 47.6 |
2005 | 72.1 | 72.6 | 70.0 | 58.9 |
2006 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 75.1 | 61.6 |
2007 | 76.0 | 76.3 | 75.6 | 61.1 |
2008 | 76.6 | 76.8 | 76.9 | 57.9 |
2009 | 74.0 | 73.8 | 74.6 | 68.1 |
2010 | 71.0 | 70.8 | 72.4 | 58.9 |
2011 | 71.9 | 71.9 | 72.7 | 57.5 |
2012 | 72.3 | 72.4 | 72.7 | 64.1 |
2013 | 72.9 | 72.8 | 74.1 | 63.5 |
2014 | 73.8 | 73.8 | 75.4 | 60.0 |
2015 | 74.8 | 75.1 | 75.4 | 57.3 |
- NOTE: Percentages are based on the number of temporary visa holders who reported postgraduation location.
- SOURCE: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities 2015. Related detailed data: tables 11, 51, 52, 53.