For the first time in more than a decade, applications and enrollments by international graduate students at American colleges and universities declined in 2016-17, a new study has found. The study,conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools, suggests a continued softening of interest in American institutions among foreign grad students, an ebbing that was noted a year ago.
First-time enrollment rates for international graduate students declined by 1 percent from the fall-2016 to the fall-2017 admission cycles. In addition, final application counts from international graduate students declined by 3 percent. Though the overall percentages are small, the wide range of countries reporting drops suggests that the United States may be becoming less appealing.
It is the first time since the fall of 2003 that international graduate applications and first-time enrollment rates dropped, according to the International Graduate Applications and Enrollment survey, the basis for the study, which was scheduled for release on Tuesday.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/article/International-Grad-Students-/242377