Proportion of international and domestic applications and enrolments
Domestic
International
65%
35%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
GLOBAL
73%
27%
90% 92%
10% 8%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
AFRICA
84%
16%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
88%
12%
2% 2%
98% 98%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
CHINA
51%
49%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
EUROPE
57%
43%
99% 99%
1% 1%
INDIA
89%
11%
LATIN AMERICA
93%
7%
40%
60%
NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
55%
45%
66%
34%
OCEANIA
94%
6%
13%
87%
APPLICATIONS ENROLMENTS
UK
35%
65%
was the only region where international students outnumbered domestic students: some 65 per cent of those enrolled were international students. Conversion rates Globally, the conversion rate for international students was significantly lower than that of domestic students (25 per cent versus 36 per cent). Two regions have significant variations between international and domestic conversion rates. In Oceania, schools reported on average a domestic conversion rate of 56 per cent, compared to an international rate of seven per cent. In the UK, the domestic conversion rate was 62 per cent, compared to an international conversion rate of 17 per cent. India was the only region where the international conversion rate was higher than the domestic one.
America was 45 per cent and the female rate 49 per cent. The report shows that there was very little movement in the proportion of men and women in 2021. Domestic & international students Globally, 35 per cent of those applying at AMBA-accredited business schools are defined as international applicants and 27 per cent of those enrolled are classified as international students. The highest number of international applications was among business schools in the UK (87 per cent). This was followed by North America and the Caribbean, where 60 per cent of applicants to schools were from overseas. Schools in India and China featured the lowest proportion of international applications, with less than two per cent coming from international students in each region. The UK
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