Chinese students from wealthy families and those who study business in the United States are more willing than their peers to return to China after getting their degrees, according to a new report.

More than 56 percent of students studying business in the US want to return home after graduation, said the Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Students Studying Abroad (2013) released on Tuesday by the Center for China and Globalization. The report is based on a survey of 2,445 Chinese students studying in the US.

The percentage of business students was higher than in other majors such as humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, law and medicine.