The findings of this study can best be summarized as follows: (1) There were no significant relationships between the perception of satisfaction with student services and students with previously mentioned characteristics. (2) Also there were no significant differences in the perception of satisfaction with student services and students with different characteristics. (3) Frequencies and percentages showed that: (A) Saudi students were "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with eleven services out of thirty-two. (B) They were "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with four services. (C) They were undecided regarding twelve services.

The data were analyzed by Pearson product-moment correlations to determine the degree of relationship between the perception of satisfaction with the provided services and certain variables, namely, age, years of stay in the U.S., degree level, and number of times field of study changed. One-way analysis of variance as used to determine if significant differences existed between the perception of satisfaction with student services according to the following variables: marital status, government sponsoring agencies, and fields of study.

This study was concerned with evaluating Saudi students' perception regarding services provided to them by the Saudi Arabian Education Mission, SAEM, while studying in the U.S.A. The history of the Saudi over-seas scholarship program was traced to set up a historical bases for educating Saudi students abroad. The data for this investigation were collected from different sources, such as selected books, journals, official documents, interviews with some government officials, and mainly from students responses to a locally developed questionnaire.

It can be concluded that while Saudi students were satisfied with services which are part of the responsibilities of the financial and administrative units in SAEM, they were dissatisfied with services that are scattered among SAEM organizational units.