Indian student count in US drops below 100,000

Indian student population in the United States has dropped for the second year running, going down to less than 100,000 even as the American education business continued to expand on the strength of growing interest from China, which now has 235,000 students in the US.
The 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange released on Monday shows a 3.5 per cent decrease in student enrollment from India in 2012/2013 (on top a four per cent decline the previous year), bringing the Indian student count in the US to 96,754 after more than 15 years of growth that began reversing in 2011. More...