Expensive as the "threshold" to the United States to decline in the number of years of studying abroad

Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) last week released a study shows that despite the United States is still the most foreign students aspire to overseas countries, but since 2000, the international student travel to United States universities share of diminishing trend has been rendered.

Ten years ago the world with approximately 180 000 students studying abroad, of which 26% select United States. In recent years, States the number of students studying abroad is still increasing, the total number of 2005 increased to $ 260 million of 330 million people in 2008, however, during this period, in the United States to study international student ratio, it shrunk 18.7%.

Although the United Kingdom, Germany and France, ranking second to fourth in top study abroad, international students are also reduced, but does not appear as sharp decline in the United States.

OECD education supervisor Shi Lei lease (Andreas Schleicher) said that although the United States in the aftermath of the events of 9/11 terrorist attacks on the visa application to strengthen requirements may result in some students give up going to study in United States, "but this is only a small proportion," but the high cost of tuition fees and living expenses of relatively expensive, are more important factors.

The study also pointed out that increasing foreign students in favor of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and other countries, has recently also "relax immigration policy", to encourage students to study abroad.

The report said the United States remains the pursuit of scientific and technological fields advanced degree preferred foreign students; and Japan to overseas students studying more than 64% of visits to the United States, followed by South Korea and 60% of students to the United States, Mexico 52% and 51% in India.

In view of studying abroad can choose more and more countries, and English has become the Nordic countries such as the language of instruction in many University, United States universities if you want to continue to attract the best students in foreign countries, we must redouble our efforts.