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According to the USA Facts, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) granted 1,096,611 green cards, 707,265 naturalizations, 38,687 asylum claims, 8,742,068 visas, and 387,842 DACA cases in 2018 According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2020), more than 21,460 international students (also known as nonresident aliens) received doctoral degrees, 135,942 received master\'s degrees, 84,2550 bachelor\'s degrees, and 28,374 associate degrees According to IIE Open Doors data, New York University (19,605), University of Southern California (16,340), Northeastern University (16,075), University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (13,497), Arizona State University (13,324), University of California-Los Angeles (11,942), Purdue University (10,943), University of California-San Diego (10,943), and Boston University (10,598) are the top institutions hosting the highest number of international students According to NAFSA (2019), these international students contributed nearly $41 billion to the U S economy and supported 459,20 jobs during 2018-2019
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