http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back608.html
I wonder about those tens of thousands of extra Saudi students the Bush administration decided to let in.....their rich Saudi parents aren’t paying much of it, are they?
Some interesting stuff in this study:
“I find it hard to accept the IEE estimate that on average international students bring $24,872 from overseas — every year — when a majority of the parents of the people I interviewed did not even have an automobile.16
It is more than slightly ironic that the other annual publication of the IIE is entitled “Funding for United States Study: A Guide for International Students and Professionals.”17 It is a how-to book, as its introduction states, “designed to be a descriptive guide to financial assistance for prospective international students interested in studying or doing research in the United States.”
I guarantee that foreign students do not come close to paying the full cost of their education. Graduate students come to the US in droves and rarely bring money from foreign sources. Every student is seeking a US funded stipend.