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More international students were coming to US universities — then COVID hit

Enrolment in US graduate programmes by foreign students rose in 2019 after a two-year decline, but early numbers suggest that the uptick has halted.
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  1. Sara Reardon

    1. Sara Reardon is a freelance reporter based in Bozeman, Montana.

First-time enrolment by international students in US graduate programmes rose by 3.8% between 2018 and 2019, reversing a 2-year decline, finds a report from the US Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). But the council worries that the growth might again reverse as a consequence of COVID-19 restrictions.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03168-6

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  • Correction 27 November 2020: An earlier version of this story overstated the proportion of students at the University of Maryland who are taking online-only instruction this year.

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