Given are the two tables depicting the number of international students enrolling in Canada and the US by country of origin. Overall , it is evident that the total figure of first country were superior to those that latter nation. It is also clearly seen that the percentage of students leaving their home countries to pursue these nations’ education were al on the rise expect for the number of Indian students studying in the USA.
Looking at the table indicating Canada’s data , apparently, Chinese residents showed their growing interest in Canada’s education which was displayed by a surge of 45%, from 5,400 in 2002 to 7,850 students in the subsequent year. Following China, the us ranked second in terms of the number of students studying in Canada despite experiencing a mere rise of 9%, from 5,000 to 5,450 students. The same trend was seen in the figure for Indian students with the 35% increase from 2,100, contributing to an overall growth in the total number which witnessed a rise of about 11,000 students to reach roughly 70,000.
In the meantime, in spite of seeing the approximately rising Gabon the total number of students, the US underwent less noticeable changes. Specifically, the data of leading contributor India was declined in 2003 around 9% from 200,000 in 2002.Meanwhile, 6% and 7% were the growth rate of students from China and Canada . In which, first year recorded 116,000 students and the second registered 33,170 in the year 2003.