--- title: "Appendix D: Additional tables" description: "The sortable table below provides details on the 113 metro areas that had 2,000 or more foreign students approved for the U.S. government’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program from 2004 to 2016. " date: "2018-05-10" authors: - name: "Neil G. Ruiz" job_title: "Head of New Research Initiatives " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/neil-g-ruiz/" - name: "Abby Budiman" job_title: "Former Research Associate" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/abby-budiman/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/" categories: - "Business & Workplace" - "Education" - "High-Skilled Immigration" - "Higher Education" - "Immigration & Migration" --- # Appendix D: Additional tables | Metropolitan area | Total H-1B visa approvals | H-1B visa approvals per 100 workers | Average salary for H-1B visa approvals | % of H-1B visa approvals with an advanced degree | % of H-1B visa approvals with a U.S. advanced degree | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 247,900 | 2.501 | $80,000 | 47% | 13% | | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 74,000 | 2.126 | $77,100 | 43% | 12% | | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 64,800 | 2.000 | $73,900 | 45% | 12% | | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 38,300 | 1.482 | $88,100 | 61% | 20% | | College Station-Bryan, TX | 37,800 | 31.847 | $82,600 | 23% | 1% | | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 34,300 | 1.125 | $84,800 | 52% | 15% | | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 29,900 | 0.613 | $82,200 | 42% | 9% | | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 28,900 | 0.917 | $81,900 | 59% | 20% | | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 28,500 | 1.014 | $74,600 | 53% | 14% | | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 22,200 | 2.210 | $88,800 | 53% | 15% | | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 14,700 | 0.502 | $70,600 | 38% | 13% | | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 13,900 | 0.682 | $72,300 | 47% | 9% | | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 11,300 | 4.128 | $84,700 | 48% | 6% | | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 11,300 | 0.466 | $90,500 | 51% | 15% | | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 10,800 | 0.756 | $82,600 | 55% | 17% | | Trenton, NJ | 9,500 | 4.857 | $83,300 | 53% | 13% | | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 9,000 | 0.137 | $75,200 | 48% | 17% | | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 8,300 | 0.820 | $85,600 | 62% | 22% | | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 7,400 | 0.505 | $77,100 | 62% | 19% | | Pittsburgh, PA | 6,600 | 0.546 | $83,700 | 57% | 16% | | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 6,300 | 1.350 | $100,200 | 60% | 20% | | Richmond, VA | 5,800 | 0.898 | $86,500 | 60% | 14% | | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 5,200 | 0.267 | $98,100 | 51% | 17% | | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 4,900 | 0.785 | $81,500 | 58% | 17% | | Worcester, MA-CT | 4,800 | 1.403 | $79,100 | 64% | 23% | | Raleigh, NC | 4,400 | 0.703 | $79,600 | 63% | 19% | | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 4,400 | 0.367 | $82,800 | 55% | 16% | | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 3,600 | 0.305 | $76,200 | 51% | 15% | | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 3,400 | 0.492 | $90,100 | 64% | 18% | | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 2,900 | 1.003 | $73,800 | 53% | 18% | | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 2,700 | 0.296 | $86,500 | 59% | 17% | | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 2,600 | 0.246 | $78,900 | 50% | 13% | | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 2,300 | 0.107 | $97,100 | 69% | 22% | | Jacksonville, FL | 2,000 | 0.282 | $78,500 | 52% | 14% | | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,900 | 0.100 | $90,500 | 62% | 20% | | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,900 | 0.298 | $79,600 | 60% | 13% | | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 1,900 | 0.127 | $91,300 | 55% | 14% | | St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,900 | 0.126 | $84,700 | 51% | 13% | | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 1,800 | 0.117 | $86,600 | 67% | 28% | | Columbus, OH | 1,800 | 0.176 | $72,500 | 61% | 18% | | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,700 | 0.272 | $77,700 | 69% | 22% | | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 1,600 | 0.286 | $89,900 | 62% | 21% | | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 1,500 | 0.632 | $91,600 | 55% | 17% | | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1,500 | 0.137 | $70,200 | 57% | 13% | | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,500 | 0.179 | $84,800 | 46% | 11% | | Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,400 | 0.126 | $76,500 | 63% | 19% | | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 1,300 | 0.312 | $75,400 | 61% | 19% | | Rochester, NY | 1,300 | 0.244 | $72,200 | 57% | 18% | | Manchester-Nashua, NH | 1,300 | 1.111 | $78,200 | 53% | 14% | | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 1,200 | 0.275 | $82,100 | 65% | 23% | | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 1,200 | 0.983 | $81,200 | 65% | 15% | | Baton Rouge, LA | 1,200 | 0.300 | $71,500 | 51% | 16% | | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 1,200 | 0.112 | $87,800 | 68% | 21% | | New Haven-Milford, CT | 1,200 | 0.362 | $79,800 | 66% | 23% | | Ann Arbor, MI | 1,000 | 0.538 | $68,500 | 64% | 25% | | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 1,000 | 0.167 | $70,600 | 61% | 23% | | Oklahoma City, OK | 1,000 | 0.147 | $72,800 | 64% | 27% | | Tulsa, OK | 900 | 0.188 | $74,300 | 63% | 24% | | Charlottesville, VA | 900 | 0.768 | $49,500 | 58% | 10% | | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 800 | 0.240 | $67,600 | 62% | 17% | | Gainesville, FL | 800 | 0.592 | $71,600 | 67% | 27% | | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 800 | 0.209 | $80,500 | 63% | 24% | | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 700 | 0.088 | $73,300 | 59% | 24% | | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 700 | 0.144 | $90,400 | 61% | 18% | | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 700 | 0.124 | $80,900 | 62% | 22% | | Erie, PA | 700 | 0.480 | $89,100 | 75% | 21% | | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 600 | 0.158 | $84,800 | 59% | 18% | | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 600 | 0.064 | $71,700 | 57% | 21% | ### Tables on educational institutions by school type [![Table showing the top 10 public schools foreign student graduates on OPT attended from 2004-2016](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-00.png?w=311){.alignleft width=280}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-00-png/) [![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-01.png){.alignleft width=280}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-01/) [![Table showing the top 10 non-CCIHE classified schools foreign students on OPT attended from 2004-2016](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-02.png?w=311){.alignleft width=280}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-02-png/) [![Table showing the top 10 private for-profit schools foreign student graduates on OPT attended from 2004-2016](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-03.png?w=311){.alignleft width=280}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-03-png/) ### Table on metro area total population estimates [![Table showing the top 113 metro areas with over 2,000 foreign graduates approved for OPT by population](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-04.png?w=180){.alignleft width=280}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-04-png/) --- **Next:** [Appendix E: Countries and territories by regional classification](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-e-countries-and-territories-by-regional-classification-foreign-graduate-workers.md)