Table A1

Top 10 Optional Practical Training-STEM extension awardees for fiscal 2012

OPT awards (fiscal 2012) Cumulative OPT awards through fiscal 2012 IT and computer science share of OPTs (fiscal 2012) IT and computer science completions (2010–2011)
Silicon Valley University 181 546 95.6% N/A
University of Bridgeport 160 1,378 16.9% 62
Lamar University 124 452 2.4% 16
Texas A&M University-Kingsville 114 492 33.3% 7
Northwestern Polytechnic University 110 704 48.2% 118
University of Houston-Clear Lake 109 321 56.9% 188
Stratford University 107 1,834 95.3% 343
San Jose State University 106 674 34.9% 357
Illinois Institute of Technology 102 781 48.0% 299
International Technological University 95 412 36.8% 155

Note: IT and computer science completions include all computer science majors and all computer software engineering majors. Discrepancies between IT and computer science completions and IT and computer science OPTs may result from differential reporting to different agencies for different major categories (for example, reporting "software engineering," which is counted here simply as "engineering").

Source: Authors' analysis of Optional Practical Training (OPT) application data, and National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education, General Information Survey and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

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