Thanks to a thriving economy at home, an increasing number of Chinese students are attending U.S. graduate schools, according to a study to be released on Tuesday by a graduate-school industry group. The Wall St Journal’s Melissa Korn reports.
Thanks to a thriving economy at home, an increasing number of Chinese students are attending U.S. graduate schools, according to a study to be released on Tuesday by a graduate-school industry group.
Graduate schools saw a 21% increase in Chinese applicants from the last school year and a 23% increase in admissions offers, for students slated to start this fall, according to a study by the Council of Graduate Schools. It is the sixth year in a row of double-digit percentage increases for Chinese students. Applications and offers were up sharply for international students overall, jumping 11% compared with 2010, according to the report. The study looked at data for a total of 591,739 applications to U.S. graduate schools by prospective international students for fall 2011.
Business schools, in particular, are accepting more Chinese and international students. Graduate business programs extended 16% more offers to international students for the class entering this fall, compared with the prior school year, according to Council of Graduate Schools' data. That's a significant shift in strategy: In 2010, business schools increased admissions offers by only 3% despite seeing an 11% increase in applicants by international students....
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