About three international student enrollment growth trends in the us higher education institutions

The enrollment of international student on the US universities and colleges has reached an increasing most of nearly 820,000 from the 2012-13 academic year, based on the latest IIE Open Doors report (Open Door 2013 reports fall 2012 enrollment by all levels, as compared to CGS which reports fall 2013 graduate enrollment). However, which type of students are driving the increase? Which kind of institutions attracting most international students? Are common higher education institutions witnessing similar growth?

Following charts show the contributors of enrollment growth and highlight the need for diversification within the internationalization secrets to American degree institutions. It demonstrates the expansion is concentrated when it comes to source countries, kinds of institutions and degree of education. These charts from my article "Diversification step to international higher education" published in University World News, consider year-on-year growth from three different angles-- academic level, kind of institution and source countries.