Growth in number of students from India to US continues to decline

The data from prospective applicants, coupled with insights from business school deans, points to a few key factors responsible for the declining US figures

The number of Indian students going to the US for education is falling over the years, reports suggest. 

According to the latest Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, the annual growth of Indian students to the US has been falling from 12.3 per cent in 2016-17 to 5.4 per cent in 2017-18 to 2.9 per cent in 2018-19. Second only to China for sending students outside for studies, India’s numbers to the US has grown merely from 186,267 in 2016-17 to 202,014 in 2018-19.

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