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Source: Higher ED Dive
by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
From Higher Ed Dive - The number of international students seeking admission to colleges through the Common Application rose by 63% over a nearly decade-long period, according to new data from the organization.
The data shows 31,456 international applicants used the Common App in the 2014-15 academic year, jumping to 51,426 applicants in 2020-21. A similar rise, 61%, came in domestic applicants using the Common App — an online portal enabling students to apply to more than 1,000 member institutions — during this period.
Over each of the eight years, international applicants comprised between 4% and 5% of the overall applicant pool. They submitted about 13% of all applications.