DHAKA, November 14, 2018 – The number of students from Bangladesh in the
United States (US) has increased by 4.9 percent in the last school year,
beating the international average increase of 1.5 percent.
According to the 2018 ‘Open Doors Report on International Educational
Exchange’, Bangladesh now ranks the 24th in the world for countries sending
students to the United States for higher education and ranks tenth in the
world for the number of students studying at the graduate level, an official
release said here.
The number of Bangladeshi students studying in the United States has
increased by 58.4 percent over the past six years.
For the past three years, U.S. 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 U.S. higher education, the release
added. In Bangladesh, ‘EducationUSA advising services’ and reference
materials are available at locations across the country, including the
American Centre at US.
Embassy Dhaka, located in Baridhara, the Edward M. Kennedy Center for
Public Service and the Arts located in Dhanmondi, and the American Corner in
Chittagong where trained advisors lead group information sessions and provide
individual counseling services for students and parents.
EducationUSA reference libraries and remote advising are accessible at
American Corners in Sylhet, Khulna, and Rajshahi for helping aspirant
students.