Briefly - U.S. Schools Attract Smaller Share of International Students - NYTimes.com: Although the United States is still the favored destination for students who want to study abroad, the share of international students coming to the country has been declining steadily since the year 2000, according to a study released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Ten years ago, when some 1.8 million students were enrolled in universities outside their home countries, 26 percent of them were in the United States. The total number studying abroad has risen steadily, from 2.6 million in 2005 to 3.3 million in 2008, the last year for which figures are available. But over that same time period the U.S. market share of international students has shrunk to 18.7 percent. Britain, Germany and France, the second, third and fourth most popular countries for study abroad, have also experienced declines in popularity, but none as steep as the United States.
