Chinese applicants for US grad schools drop

The number of Chinese applicants for graduate schools in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row, figures from an education group in the US show.

Applications from Chinese students for the 2014 fall enrollment dropped by 1 percent from a year earlier, said the report by the Council of Graduate Schools. Applications for the same period last year fell by 3 percent from those of 2012, the report said.

Overall foreign applications for US graduate schools rose by 7 percent, with the highest growth - 32 percent - coming from India, said the report released recently by the council, which advocates graduate education and research.