U.S. graduate schools are getting more applications from students in India and Brazil, but fewer from students in China.
Those shifts are among the various changes in the portions of applications being sent to U.S. graduate schools from students around the world, according to a new report being released today from the Council of Graduate Schools.
The report also shows that applications from prospective international students only increased 1 percent in 2013, the smallest increase in the past eight years and significantly lower than the 9- and 11-percent increases that took place in 2012 and 2011, respectively.
The biggest factor in the overall decline in the number of grad school applications from abroad was driven mostly by a decline in applications from China, according to the report, which is Phase I of the 2013 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey. Phases II and III will deal with admissions and enrollment, respectively.
“In 2013, applications from China declined by five percent, a stark contrast to the double-digit increases between 2010 and 2012,” the report states.
Meanwhile, applications from students in India and Brazil grew by 20 and 24 percent, respectively.
While experts in international education cited a number of factors behind the shifts and overall decrease in the number of grad school applications from foreign students, they were also cautious about drawing any conclusions as it relates to trends.
