Top Green Card Sponsors by College - 2024 Green Card Reports

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Green Card Report: Top Colleges

Rank	College	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Anna University	2,037	$129,729
2	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	1,859	$131,032
3	University Of Southern California	1,630	$165,734
4	Carnegie Mellon University	1,459	$173,713
5	Northeastern University	1,085	$146,280
6	Arizona State University	936	$149,264
7	San Jose State University	894	$160,437
8	New York University	889	$154,435
9	Osmania University	822	$128,752
10	Columbia University	778	$164,862
11	The University Of Texas At Dallas	754	$135,577
12	University Of Central Missouri	729	$112,862

13	North Carolina State University	703	$155,417
14	University Of Madras	687	$131,549
15	University Of Mumbai	652	$141,379
16	University Of Pune	586	$143,527
17	Northwestern Polytechnic University	577	$114,178
18	Texas Am University	540	$145,795
19	Anna University Chennai	504	$127,993
20	State University Of New York At Buffalo	487	$152,400
20	Purdue University	487	$143,826
22	Andhra University	485	$128,571
23	Illinois Institute Of Technology	484	$133,582
24	Cornell University	476	$164,057
25	Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum	460	$150,613
26	Georgia Institute Of Technology	453	$164,998
27	The University Of Texas At Arlington	447	$127,294
28	University Of Texas At Dallas	429	$145,867
29	Syracuse University	428	$148,896
30	Campbellsville University	370	$106,535
31	Bharathidasan University	369	$131,282
32	University Of Michigan	367	$159,178
33	Uttar Pradesh Technical University	362	$142,925
33	Acharya Nagarjuna University	362	$128,132
35	University Of California, Berkeley	352	$168,917
36	University Of Pennsylvania	351	$167,510
37	Duke University	343	$159,620
38	University Of California, San Diego	342	$164,038
39	University Of Florida	340	$155,076
40	Wilmington University	338	$105,268
41	Bharathiar University	331	$132,785
42	University Of Illinois At Urbanachampaign	324	$154,376
43	Rochester Institute Of Technology	323	$145,259
44	Stevens Institute Of Technology	319	$145,362
45	University Of California, Los Angeles	314	$158,128
46	Visveswaraiah Technological University	306	$141,656
47	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad	301	$123,747
48	New Jersey Institute Of Technology	295	$129,010
49	University Of Cincinnati	294	$139,325
50	University Of Washington	292	$148,908

Note: To obtain employment based green card in United States, most foreign workers will have to go through 3 steps: 1). Permanent Labor Certification(ETA Form 9089), 2). Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker(Form I-140), 3). Adjust of Status to a permanent resident of the United States(Form I485).

The above report lists the top Colleges who have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2021. The Green Card Petitions on the report is the number of permanent labor certifications for Green Card filed under PERM. The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn certifications. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on ETA Form 9089.

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. Once received (if required), the employer then files an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, Form I-140, with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the appropriate employment-based preference category.

The Department of Labor must certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that 1). there are no qualified Americian workers(U.S. Citizens or permanent residents) able, willing, qualified and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage for that occupation in the area of intended employment, 2) employment of the alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed American workers, like U.S. citizents or permanent residents.

Sometimes the green card sponsors did not enter a specific salary on ETA Form 9089, but used a salary range with minimum and maximum salary. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary. Please review the certification details to understand the salary range.

For example, the first three records on this report mean that in fiscal year 2021, 2,037 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Anna University. The average salary of those 2,037 permanent labor certifications was $129,729. 1,859 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. The average salary of those 1,859 permanent labor certifications was $131,032. 1,630 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were University Of Southern California. The average salary of those 1,630 permanent labor certifications was $165,734.