This issue brief uses narrative, tables, and graphs to summarize data on degrees earned by foreign graduate students in the United States, the percentage of foreign graduate students in the United States, the home countries of foreign doctoral students, their major fields of study, and their plans after graduation. Data were obtained from two surveys the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Study Data System. Among major findings are: (1) In 1994, foreign graduate students earned 12 percent of all master's degrees and 27 percent of all doctor's degrees (up from 6 and 11 percent in 1977); (2) students from five countries (the People's Republic of China, Korea, Taiwan, India, and Canada) made up 53 percent of all foreign doctoral students; (3) between 1985 and 1995, the proportion of foreign doctoral students with definite commitments to stay in the United States after graduation increased from 46 to 54 percent; and (4) most students with such commitments earned doctoral degrees in science and engineering. (DB)