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A Snapshot of International Graduate Enrollments in the US
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
The U.S.’s Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has released its latest analysis of the current state of international applications and enrollments.
US universities alarm at declining Chinese graduate enrollments
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Huge numbers flocked to the other side of the Pacific to pursue their dreams. They still do, but the year-on-year double-digit growth of Chinese graduates of the past that American schools have come to expect may be over, says a report by the Council of Graduate Schools released on February 9.
University officials, students keeping close eye on immigration ban developments
Sunday, February 19, 2017
More international students continue to apply to and enroll in U.S. graduate institutions, but it’s not at the rapid pace seen in recent years, according to a recent report by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Drop in foreign applicants worries U.S. engineering schools
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Schools of engineering and computer science programs are especially reliant on international students, in some cases drawing up to 90% of their applicants from abroad. And though students on temporary visas make up only 19% of all U.S. graduate students, they compose 55% of those studying engineering and computer science, according to 2015 enrollment data from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in Washington, D.C.
Asian students flock to the US for graduate degrees
Monday, February 13, 2017
Nearly half of all the applications to American graduate institutions came from international students, according to a recent research report by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). A total of 395 institutions responded to the survey conducted in September-October 2016.
US: int’l graduate enrolment growth stabilising
Monday, February 13, 2017
First-time international enrolment growth at US universities held steady in 2016, up 5% for the second year in a row. However, the growth rate of international graduate applications is slowing as interest from key source markets drops, spurring the Council of Graduate Schools to warn universities to not take continuing growth for granted in the current policy environment.
International graduate enrolments to U.S. universities go up by 5%
Friday, February 10, 2017
The number of first-time international graduates enrolling to American universities in autumn 2016 went up five percent, reported U.S. non-profit Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).
How the immigration controversy could drive up the cost of college
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Even before the travel ban, graduate schools were seeing significant declines in enrollment from the Middle East. Saudi Arabian applications declined 20 percent last year, said the Council of Graduate Schools.
First-time international graduate enrolments rise 5%
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Enrolments in United States universities of first-time international graduate students increased by 5% in autumn 2016, the same rate of growth as the previous year, says a report by the US-based Council of Graduate Schools, a Washington-based non-profit.
European graduate enrolment in US rises 8 per cent
Thursday, February 9, 2017
The number of European graduate students enrolling at US universities rose by 8 per cent in the year to autumn 2016, the largest increase in at least the past five years, according to new data from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).
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