(8/21/08)

Offers of admission from U.S. graduate schools to prospective international students increased 4% from 2007 to 2008, slowing from growth of 8% last year and 12% in 2006, a new CGS survey report has found. 

The final change in total applications submitted was a 6% increase, compared to 9% in 2007.

Additionally, the use of international collaborative graduate programs - dual and joint degrees and certificates - is growing: 38% of U.S. graduate schools have at least one such program, up from 29% just one year ago.

Read the press release for highlights or the full report, Findings from the 2008 CGS International Graduate Admissions survey Phase II: Final Applications and Initial Offers of Admission.

The entire series of CGS International Graduate Admissions reports can be found on the international research page.