https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-13/indian-students-flock-to-us-colleges-offsetting-drop-from-china The number of international students at US colleges and universities has nearly recovered from a Covid-related decline as a surge in Indian pupils helped make up for a loss in students from China. The number of foreign students at US schools rose 12% in the 2022-2023 academic year to nearly 1.06 million students, within striking distance of 2019, according to Open Doors data from the Institute of International Education. “The US remains the destination of choice for international students wishing to study abroad, as it has been for more than a century,” said IIE’s chief executive officer, Allan E. Goodman. While foreign enrollment dipped in 2020 due to lockdowns, demand is coming back. The number of students from India shot up 35% to roughly 269,000 from 199,000 the previous year, catching up on the number of students from China, which was flat at about 290,000 in the 2022-23 school year. And while Chinese students are still the largest foreign nationality on US campuses, middle-income families from China are increasingly looking at cheaper destinations, such as the UK and Australia or foregoing foreign degrees altogether. Some students are also staying in Asia, the British Council wrote in a May report, picking instead Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysian universities. Young Indians’ interest in US universities can be explained in part by India’s economy, which is expected to grow 6.3% this year and the next, according to the World Bank. That’s boosting incomes and wealthier families are more likely to send their kids abroad to improve their job prospects. A foreign degree can also improve low and middle-income families’ social status and marriage prospects, experts say. A lack of education options at home has also contributed to the rise in US enrollments. During the Trump administration, visa curbs and fears around personal safety led some students from India to reconsider their choice to study in the US. But US-India relations have improved since. India now has the largest population in the world, surpassing China, and half are under the age of 30. By contrast, China’s stalling economic growth has dampened enthusiasm for education abroad, with many families also concerned about US-China relations, anti-Chinese sentiment and safety in the US. “Families from smaller cities are worried about tensions in the US and about costs,” said Zhou Huiying, founder of Shanghai-based consultancy Lideyouwei Education Technology.
Good for India! An obvious sight of healthy and strong birth rate. China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan are all struggling with the low birth rate and aging population now…
The population problem unfortunately in India is more in the uneducated poorer neighborhoods. Too many economically backward families think having more kids will somehow increase their chances of surviving. Educated people are more often than not preferring to have 1-2 kids on average. It's an education problem and not sustainable.
Strong birthrate is an understatement.
Indian birthrate will fall by itself eventually, as Indians become more wealthy and educated. This is a pattern already observed in China
That's so far away.. maybe a couple of centuries
Na, it's already happening, Indias fertility rate is at 2.0. Indias population will start decreasing (assuming minimal immigration) towards the end of the century
I’m surprised students still flock to the US given most will not even get a h1b
I don't think they do enough research. Then they find out in the middle of their junior year that they can't get GC easily or H1b.
This is what surprises me as well. Or maybe they just plan to earn as much as they can and then go back. Which may not be a bad idea. Everyone deserves a chance.
If these are the Indians that are coming here, they can stay in India.
That's a meme post
That's great, but need to put a country cap on h1b then.
Y is it great?
Students from China have been decreasing in number for years. But of course Bloomberg has to make it related to the "stalling" economy. When the prospect back home has increased dramatically, many people no longer see America as the Promised Land.
The prospect back in China isn't great, hospitals cannot afford pay to nurses and doctors, schools cannot afford to pay teachers, businesses are asking employees to take out personal loans to keep afloat. A lot of Chinese international students are even cut off from tuition and living money from home while they are studying in America. There are simply less families that can afford American schools now. That plus anti American sentiment from government propaganda.
You can always cherry pick data. This is where propaganda comes from lol.
What is tech sector without Indians? Be glad they’re building for your entitled ass