Washington: Indian students largely drove the growth of new foreign enrolment in U.S. graduate schools this year with a 40 percent surge, while growth from China slowed to five percent, according to a new survey.

The 40 percent increase in new enrollees from India in 2013 was substantially more than the one percent increase in 2012 and two percent increase in 2011, according to an annual survey of 285 members of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

"While the substantial increase in first-time enrolments of Indian students is positive, the fluctuation in India enrolment in recent years makes it difficult to confirm a definite trend," said CGS president Debra W Stewart.

Overall, first-time international enrolment in US graduate programmes rose 10 percent to 71,418 students this year, the survey found. Total foreign enrolment was 220,317-about 15 percent of all graduate students in America.

On the other hand, after seven consecutive years of double-digit growth, first-time enrolment among students from China increased by just 5 percent in 2013, a substantially smaller increase than the 22 percent surge in 2012 and 21 percent increase in 2011.

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Washington: Indian students largely drove the growth of new foreign enrolment in U.S. graduate schools this year with a 40 percent surge, while growth from China slowed to five percent, according to a new survey.

The 40 percent increase in new enrollees from India in 2013 was substantially more than the one percent increase in 2012 and two percent increase in 2011, according to an annual survey of 285 members of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

"While the substantial increase in first-time enrolments of Indian students is positive, the fluctuation in India enrolment in recent years makes it difficult to confirm a definite trend," said CGS president Debra W Stewart.

Overall, first-time international enrolment in US graduate programmes rose 10 percent to 71,418 students this year, the survey found. Total foreign enrolment was 220,317-about 15 percent of all graduate students in America.

On the other hand, after seven consecutive years of double-digit growth, first-time enrolment among students from China increased by just 5 percent in 2013, a substantially smaller increase than the 22 percent surge in 2012 and 21 percent increase in 2011.

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