Nigerians made up 1.5% of international students in the US as of 2022
As of 2022, the US had 948,519 international students, 14,438 (1.5%) of whom were Nigerian. Nigeria was ranked tenth among contributing countries to the international student community in the US.
China continued to lead globally with the highest number of international scholars in the US, with almost 21% of the international scholars as of 2023/2024.
China has been the lead country with the highest number of scholars in the US globally in the last 24 years.
India is next after China, with 17,735 scholars in US who hailed from India making up 15.8% of the population.
Only 1% of the scholars in the US are from Nigeria