Rising number of Bangladeshis studying in US beats international average

The number of students from Bangladesh in the United States increased last year, beating the international average, the US embassy in Dhaka says.

Citing 2018 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, the embassy said the number of students from Bangladesh increased by 4.9 percent to 7,496 during the last school year. The international average increase was 1.5 percent.

Bangladesh now ranks 24th in the world for countries sending students to the US for higher education and tenth for the number of students studying at the graduate level.

The number of Bangladeshi students studying in the US has increased 58.4 percent over the past six years.

For the past three years, US colleges and universities hosted more than one million international students, reaching a record high of 1.09 million this school year.

This also marks the twelfth consecutive year of continued expansion of the total number of international students in US higher education.

In Bangladesh, EducationUSA advising services and reference materials are available at locations across the country, including the American Center at US Embassy Dhaka, located in Baridhara, and the Edward M Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts located in Dhanmondi.

Trained advisors lead group information sessions and provide individual counseling services for students and parents at the American Corner in Chittagong.

EducationUSA reference libraries and remote advising are accessible at American Corners in Sylhet, Khulna, and Rajshahi, the embassy said.