New Delhi sources stated that a US Embassy official said the number of Indian students studying in the US increased by 5% since last year, coming second only to the Chinese students. Meanwhile the growth, however, declined from last year’s 12%, indicating, to an extent, the cost-sensitivity of Indian students in choosing the US as their higher education destination, with a weak rupee causing a steep rise in the cost of living there.
Reports added the “Open Doors 2017-18″ report published by the Institute of International Education, the number of Indians studying across the US increased by 5.4% to 1,96,271. Meanwhile Indians constituted the second largest community of international students, comprising 18% of the total, with China topping the list with one third of the total international students. Furthermore during the same period, certain countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Canada and Mexico registered a negative growth.
Moreover on India, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs Joseph Pomper said that this was the fifth consecutive year when the number of students going to the US for higher education from here registered a positive growth. He told “Looking at the past 10 years of data, the number of Indians going to the US has doubled. The reasons are clear, Indian students are looking for a great education and the US continues to offer this”.
