Number of Americans studying in Canada increases

By Sara Welsh. There has been an increase in the number of Americans going to Canada for school while the number of Canadians coming south has decreased.  
Canada offers a higher education at prices comparable to or lower than the out-of-state tuitions of many major American universities. More than 10,000 Americans are working toward their graduate and undergraduate degrees in Canada.
“UBC has received a number of applications from the U.S. in the last several years, with a considerable increase in the last three years,” said Aaron Andersen University of British Columbia’s manager of international recruitment in the Americas, Middle East and Africa, in an email.
The number of Americans heading up for education has increased 33 percent since 2008.  University of British Columbia has more than 1,200 students from the U.S., Andersen said.
For the 2012 winter term University of British Columbia received more than 2,000 applications from the United States.
There are about 27,546 students from Canada in the U.S. and it's the fourth leading place of origin of international students enrolled in U.S. universities. This number is down 2 percent from last year, according to the Institute of International Education. Read more...