While people earning STEM degrees has been on the uptick in the past two decades, a more recent Census report shows that most of the degrees in computer, math, statistics, and engineering disciplines are still going to foreign-born residents, primarily to those from China and India.
Below are some interesting facts (many referring to the 2007-2008 academic year), on two demographics within the coalition of ascendants.
Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from
via Disparity Among First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in STEM Degrees – NationalJournal.com.
Job Market Monitor 
Discussion
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
Pingback: US / Immigrants and Jobs ? « Job Market Monitor - February 5, 2013
Pingback: US / Born children of immigrants are substantially better off than immigrants themselves « Job Market Monitor - February 8, 2013