ICEF Monitor – New study maps important shifts in international undergraduate enrolment

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15 Dec 2015

A new report from the UK Higher Education International Unit describes a fast-growing market for international undergraduate students, one that has seen enrolment in major destination countries grow by 30% between 2007 and 2014.

The following table summarises these changes, and it reveals a number of interesting insights:

• Non-EU undergraduate enrolment in the UK grew by 46% from 2007, outpaced only by the US and Canada which grew 52% and 70% respectively over the same period;
• That significant growth in market share for North American destinations meant that the UK’s market share essentially held steady between 2007/08 and 2013/14, with a 0.5% increase in share compared to 3% growth for the US and 2.8% for Canada;
• In keeping with its fastest-overall growth during the period, Canada was the greatest gainer in market share in percentage terms with a 20.2% increase relative to its 2007/08 share;
• In terms of 2013/14 share, slightly more than four in ten international undergraduates choose the US, followed by 17.1% for the UK, 16.4% for Canada, and 13.5% for Australia;
• Taken together, those four countries host nearly nine out of every ten undergraduate students received by the competitive set of destinations considered by the report.

 

“Read the full article on ICEF Monitor” – Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/12/new-study-maps-important-shifts-in-international-undergraduate-enrolment/