Data from one of the UK’s major postgraduate recruitment specialists has recorded a decline in interest in masters opportunities in the country among prospective international students.
FindAUniversity has reported that while 51% of prospective international students were searching for UK opportunities in 2022, this year it has dropped down to 30%, with competitor countries such as US, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands seeing upticks in interest.
The data from October shows that specific audiences fell sharper than others. Indian students, for example, using FindAMasters to find UK masters programs dropped by 80% year-on-year in October, from 59% in 2022 to just 11% in 2023.
The data shows that while interest in the UK has nearly halved in percentage-point terms, the US has nearly doubled.
