ICEF Monitor – Australia’s international enrolment recovery is real
4 Feb 2015
Australia reversed a three-year enrolment decline in 2013, registering a modest increase of 2.6% in total international student numbers and a much more noticeable bounce (9.3%) in student commencements. We reported previously on early Australian Education International (AEI) data for 2014 that indicated that this growth was continuing in the first half of the year. And now the latest data, reaching up to year-to-date (YTD) November 2014 and so covering nearly the entire year, clearly establishes that the turnaround that began in 2013 has strengthened and extended through 2014.
As of YTD November 2014, there were 583,714 full-fee paying international students enrolled in Australia. This represents a 12.3% increase over the same period for 2013, and compares very well with the average annual enrolment growth rate of 5.4% per year over the previous ten years.
Following the pattern we noted earlier for 2013, commencements for YTD 2014 have grown at an even faster clip. “There were 347,591 commencements in YTD November 2014, representing a 17.4% increase over the same period in 2013,” says AEI. “This compares with the average YTD November growth rate for commencements of 6.1% per year over the preceding ten years.”
“Read the full article on ICEF Monitor” – Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/02/australias-international-enrolment-recovery-real/