“Since 2004, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has conducted a multi-year empirical examination of international graduate application, admission, and enrollment trends. This analysis responds to member institutions’ concerns about continuing changes in the enrollment of students from abroad seeking master’s and doctoral degrees from U.S. colleges and universities. International students currently comprise about 15.5% of all graduate students in the United States. The core of this examination is a three-phase survey of CGS member institutions. The CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey collects an initial snapshot of applications to U.S. graduate schools from prospective international students, final applications and an initial picture of admissions offers to prospective international students, and final offers of admission and first-time and total international graduate student enrollment. Data from this year’s Phase II survey reveal that applications from prospective international students to U.S. graduate schools increased 11% in 2011, marking the sixth consecutive year of growth and the largest increase since 2006. The Phase II survey also found that initial offers of admission to prospective international graduate students increased 11% in 2011 following a 3% gain in 2010 and a 1% decline in 2009. This year’s increase in international offers of admission is also the largest since 2006.”