“…From the perspective of international undergraduate students, many aspire to work in the U.S. upon graduating, making an improved employment outcome in the future job market one of the most important returns on their investment in U.S. higher education (Austine & Shen, 2016;Nilsson & Ripmeester, 2016). Although previous studies have examined a variety of career outcomes of foreign-born workers with graduate degrees from U.S. institutions (Corley & Sabharwal, 2009;Jiang, 2016;Kim, Wolf-Wendel, & Twombly, 2011;Mamiseishvili, 2011), no studies have focused on career outcomes of international bachelor's degree recipients who graduated from the U.S. institutions and worked in the U.S. To bridge the gap in previous literature, this study examines the possible role of international status on early career outcomes by testing whether international bachelor's degree recipients have significant early career outcome differences compared to domestic bachelor's degree recipients in terms of major-job match, annual earnings, and job satisfaction. Furthermore, this study explores whether career outcomes of international bachelor's degree recipients differ significantly by regions of origin.…”