The United States still ranks first in attracting foreign students<\/em><\/p>
Despite difficulties in obtaining student visas, the US still ranks first in attracting international students. According to the Institute of International Education (IIE), there are 582,984 international students studying in the US, or 20% of all mobile students. The main source countries are India (14.4%), China (11.6%), and South Korea (10.7%). The most popular fields of study for international students are business and management and engineering – 20% and 17% of all mobile students.<\/p>
The United Kingdom, with 376,190 foreign students (11.3% of all mobile students), ranks second after the US. The donor countries are China (13.3%), India (6.4%), and the US (5.9%). As in the States, the most attractive subjects for international students are those related to business and management and engineering sciences.<\/p>
Australia educates 202,448 mobile students (6.3% of all mobile students). These are mainly students from China (25.3%), India (13.6%), and Malaysia (7.7%). The picture of educational discipline choice is the same – management and commerce lead by a large margin (52.7%), followed by subjects related to computer science and information technology (15%).<\/p>
There are several reasons for the dominance of these three countries in the international education market. The main one is that they were the first to develop long-term strategies for attracting international students and support them with various resources. Having covered a large number of countries with their offerings, they traditionally remain attractive for donor countries of mobile students, primarily India and China, which have the largest populations in the world. Also playing a significant role is the increasing prevalence of English over other world languages. In addition, there is a constant desire of citizens from less developed economies to study and subsequently settle in a wealthier country.<\/p>
Canada and New Zealand have more modest figures for attracting mobile students. Canadian higher education institutions enroll just over 100,000 foreigners. The main source countries are South Korea (21%), China (16%), and Japan (8%). Among the main subjects studied by foreigners in Canada and New Zealand are business (35% and 49%), exact and natural sciences (15% and 17.4%).<\/p>
New Zealand's universities have about 67,000 foreign students. The largest groups are Chinese (59.8%), Americans (5.6%), and Australians (4.8%). The latter are attracted to the kiwi country by cheaper education costs. Similar to Canada, where US citizens make up 6% of international students. It can be confidently assumed that over time both Canada and New Zealand will have more mobile students due to cheaper tuition and living costs. Canada is also currently the most attractive among developed countries in terms of further employment for foreign graduates and obtaining residency.<\/p>
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