Immigrant College Grads Are More Likely to Have Advanced Degrees and Higher Incomes than the U.S. Born Yet Some Still Face Skill Underutilization, Analysis Finds

WASHINGTON — College-educated immigrants in the United States are more likely to have advanced degrees and to major in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and health fields than their U.S.-born peers with college degrees. For these reasons, the average monthly earnings of immigrant college graduates exceed those of U.S.-born graduates. These findings come from a Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of an innovative international survey that tests skills needed for full participation in today’s increasingly knowledge-based world.