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>> Isn't one of the drivers of this something to do with it being a path to work in the US after they (non-resident) get a degree? >This applies to undergradua
by wtetzner 11y ago
>> Isn't one of the drivers of this something to do with it being a path to work in the US after they (non-resident) get a degree?
>This applies to undergraduate degrees, too. Therefore the argument that restricts it to Ph.D degrees is moot.
You seem to have ignored his second point. Yes, it applies to undergraduate degrees, but undergraduate degrees are attractive to residents as well. An undergraduate degree is helpful for getting a good job, whereas a Ph.D doesn't doesn't do much in that regard.
- coherentpony 11y ago> You seem to have ignored his second point. Yes, it applies to undergraduate degrees, but undergraduate degrees are attractive to residents as well. An undergraduate degree is helpful for getting a good job, whereas a Ph.D doesn't doesn't do much in that regard. That's a fair point but I'm not sure the conclusion is necessarily the right one. The US has some of the best universities in the world. It makes sense, if they're unattractive for residents in terms of job prospects, for most of the clientele to be foreign nationals. My point was that it's essentially no easier to get a job (not on OPT) in the US because you were a student in the us. H-1B applicants go through the same process either way, the only difference being that applicants on OPT are already in the country which, I reiterate, doesn't really make the H-1B application any easier.