In absolute numbers, 1,99,182 students with India as their place of origin were pursuing higher education in the US in 2021-22, as against 1,67,582 in 2020-21, which translates to a 19 percent increase. In 2012-13, there were 96,654 Indian students in higher education in the US.
The numbers assume more significant when compared to China, which continues to account for the largest cohort of international students in the US with a share of 31 percent, but with a slower decadal growth rate as its share was already 29 percent in 2012-13, a look at past data showed.
In the last decade, the number of Indian students annually picking the United States for higher education has more than doubled, with the country’s share in the total number of international students going up from 11.8 percent to 21 percent, according to the Open Doors Report 2022 released Monday.
The numbers assume more significant when compared to China, which continues to account for the largest cohort of international students in the US with a share of 31 percent, but with a slower decadal growth rate as its share was already 29 percent in 2012-13, a look at past data showed.
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