International students are a significant source of talent for U.S. employers and allow U.S. universities to offer high-quality academic programs in science and engineering for American students. Without international students the number of students in America pursuing graduate degrees (master’s and Ph.D.’s) in fields such as computer and information sciences and electrical engineering would be small relative to the size of the U.S. economy. In 2019, at U.S. universities, there were only 9,083 full-time U.S. graduate students in electrical engineering, compared to 26,343 full-time international students. Similarly, in computer and information sciences, in 2019, there were only 17,334 full-time U.S. graduate students compared to 44,786 international graduate students at U.S. universities.1 This report updates an October 2017 study.