InsideHigherEd.com reports today that international applications to U.S. graduate schools rose 4 per cent between 2008 and 2009, “with the increase ‘driven almost entirely’ by growth at institutions with the largest numbers of international students enrolled already,” according to a new survey by the Council of Graduate Schools:

“Foreign applications rose 6 per cent at the top 100 destination institutions for international students, but dropped 4 per cent at institutions outside the top 100.”