The Common Application organization recently reported astonishing increases in utilization of their online application system so far this year. In addition to a 25 percent jump in applications over 2008, the number of students registered as potential applicants in the system also rose by 16 percent. But curiously, demographics show the number of US high school students projected to graduate in 2010 declining. So what’s going on?
While there may be several explanations for why more students are already applying to more colleges this year, one interesting possibility recently cropped up in statistics collected by the
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So where are these students applying? It turns out that many of the schools favored by international students are those sought by US applicants. For example, the list of doctoral institutions with the greatest percentage of foreign students covers colleges recognizable as among the most selective in national rankings:
Doctoral | Percent International Students | Total |
26% | 6685 | |
23% | 4735 | |
22% | 7482 | |
19% | 4635 | |
University at | 17% | 4539 |
16% | 5037 | |
15% | 6136 | |
15% | 5590 | |
14% | 5790 | |
13% | 6761 |
Baccalaureate | Percent International Students | Total International Enrollment |
Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 43% | 1039 |
22% | 468 | |
16% | 431 | |
13% | 254 | |
13% | 206 |
Associate-degree granting institutions are also experiencing an increase in international students, some of whom will eventually transfer to 4-year institutions. Locally, both Montgomery College and the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) are in the top ten nationally for total number of international students at 2242 (9%) and 1663 (4%) respectively.
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