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) | |
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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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