Several MBA programs have begun to incorporate STEM curriculum into their business programs in order to combat the decline in international enrollment.
Most international graduates are entitled to work in the U.S. for only one year after graduation before their visa expires. However, with a degree classified as STEM , international students who are hired by graduation can stay an additional two years through the Many schools attribute the drop in international students to the new restrictions placed on obtaining an H-1B visa and employment-based green cards. One 2018 executive order limits H-1B visas only to “.” Later that year, the U.S.
The University of Rochester and Duke University are not the only business schools converting to STEM. MIT, Notre Dame and Boston College, among others, are also beginning to a STEM designation into their business schools to counteract the flight of international students to Europe and Asia Pacific. According to the Graduate Admissions Council, these regions have seen about an 8% increase in applications between 2017 and 2018.
Not every school has experienced a drop in admissions. The dean of the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester, Andrew Ainslie, said despite the drop in business applications across the country, they have remained largely unaffected. “We didn’t really have to make changes to the curriculum,” Ainslie said. About “70% of students in 2018 automatically qualified for a STEM designation anyway.”
“Recruiters were fascinated by it,” Castil said. “It was very new. You usually see STEM degree-holders as engineers, so having an MBA with a STEM designation really stood out.”
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