1217 



TABiE 28.— ESTIMATED SAVINGS TO THE UNITED STATES IN EDUCATIONAL COSTS OF IMMIGRANT SCIENTISTS 

 ENGINEERS, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ENTERING UNITED STATES FROM LDC'S AS IMMIGRANTS, FISCAL 

 YEAR 1972 



' This table uses the figure $9,070 as representing an approximation of the annual average cost per student. The figure 

 relating specifically to estimated real costs of higher education for the year 1971-72, was computed by Howard R. Bowen 

 and Paul Servelle in a study published by the American Association for Higher Education. In presenting the data, the 

 authors state: "These estimates are crude and should be used only to indicate rough orders of magnitude. Even so, the 

 table shows how heavily the real costs of higher education bear upon students and their families." (Howard R. Bowen, and 

 Paul Servelle, "Who Benefits from Higher Education— and Who Should Pay?" Prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher 

 Education, George Washington University (Washington, D.C. : American Association for Higher Education, 1972), pp. 31-33.) 

 The figure on educational savings was computed on a basis of 4 years using the estimate of $9,070 as representing the 

 annual average cost per student, 



2 Total savings is arrived at by using the estimated figure of $83,000 per person for educational costs of a physician. 

 Cited in Henderson, "Emigration of Highly Skilled Manpower from the Developing Countries," 1970, p. 132. Mr. Henderson 

 cites this figure for surgeons who are, as he says, "the most expensive." However, the hgure of of $83,000 per person is 

 not excessively high as Mr. Henderson suggests. According to a recent report by the AAMC, the annual cost per medical 

 student in the undergraduate medical educational program leading to the M.D. degree is estimated to range from a low of 

 $16,300 to a high of $26,400. Over 4 years this would amount to $65,200 and $105,600 respectively. The average total annual 

 cost from 12 selected schools amounts to $21,350 per student, or a 4-year total of $85,400. The estimate, figured in 1972 

 dollars, was based upon a study of the 12 medical schools. The components used in computing costs were: instruction, 

 research, clinical activity, other administrative, scholarly, and professional activities. The report indicated that even this 

 figure represents only a part of the total cost of preparing a physician for independent practice. (Association of American 

 Medical Colleges, Report of the Committee on the Financing of Medical Education, "IJndergraduate Medical Education: 

 Elements— Objectives— Costs." (AAMC, 1973), p. 1-2.) 



3 LDCs are understood to mean the following areas and countries listed in table 1 of NSF "Highlights": Greece, North 

 and Central America (excluding Canada), South America, Asia, Africa, and "All other areas." 



* Latin America is understood to mean those areas and countries listed in table of NSF "Highlights" as North and 

 Central America (excluding Canada) and South America. 



The statistical data in this table relating to the number of immigrants and areas are drawn from, NSF "Highlights Im- 

 migrant Scientists and Engineers." Aug. 20, 1973, p. 2. 



