Will a slowing Chinese economy lead to a decline in the number of international students in the U.S.?
U.S. universities have grown increasingly reliant on rapid, double-percentage-point-per-annum growth in the number of students from China, who now account for 31 percent of international students in American higher education. Many experts expect this growth will continue in the short to medium term, albeit at a more moderated rate, but others suggest that a slowdown in the Chinese economy could, combined with other factors, expedite a flattening in enrollments, or even herald declines. The recent growth in the number of students from China has been particularly rapid at the undergraduate level -- where most Chinese students pay full fees -- but there are already signs of a slowdown at the graduate level, as new enrollments from China at U.S. graduate schools dipped by 1 percent last year.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/11/will-china-slowdown-stall-growth-international-students