Study Abroad News: Your Guide to International Study Trends

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Find all you need to know about new visa policies, emerging student trends reshaping global learning experiences, and critical international news impacting study abroad worldwide.

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Whether you're interested in the most affordable cities for international students, new university partnerships opening doors, or how virtual reality is revolutionizing study abroad programs, we've got you covered. 

Join us as we explore the future of international education and help you make your study abroad dreams a reality.

Study Abroad News for International Students

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Subject Line Tips for Your Next Email Campaign

Over the past years, the study abroad decision process has grown more complex and moved online. This trend has been confirmed by Google Education which reported that 9 in 10 enrolled students research higher education institutions online. Understanding the international student online journey becomes more than ever crucial for any marketer. Read our tips for higher education marketers to capture students along this journey.

The International Student Journey

If you want to understand the value of your campaign with us, it’s important to take anin-depth look at the exposure educations.com is giving your institute.

How to Track the Value of Your educations.com Campaign

At educations.com, we are constantly looking for ways to tap into the international student market. As innovators in the industry, we believe in providing new and interesting data, free of charge, to institutions of higher education to provide international student recruitment and marketing teams with the information they need to target the right audience and get the best return on investment.

New Insight into the International Student Market—Coming Soon!

The statistics in this infographic have been taken from the educations.com 2018 Student Survey. Over 20,000 students from around the world answers our survey, 4,101 of which were prospective students specifically from Asia. Here is what they said about how they decide where and what to study abroad. 

Prospective Students from Asia: How Do They Decide to Study Abroad? 

Spending time setting up tracking can have a tremendous impact on the success of your marketing initiatives. Online channels and campaigns can help you track website visitors and connect these interactions to future enrolled students.

Using Enrollment Scoring & Tracking to Help Students Find You

China remains the world’s largest source of international students, with over half a million academics leaving the country to study abroad. So it’s not surprising that many higher education institutions have started targeting their marketing towards this geographic market. Here are our top tips for recruiting students from China to study abroad at your university.

6 Ways to Smash Your Chinese Student Recruitment Goals

Prospective students want to convert differently depending on where they're from. So how can international recruitment teams in higher education institutions utilize this in order to increase conversions? 

International Student Recruitment: Conversion Trends vs. Region 2018

For most institutions for higher education, the use of online marketing channels to recruit domestic and international students is a no-brainer. But how do we measure the success of a key factor of educational marketing: portals?

Measuring the ROI of Education Portals: Best Practices

The competition for universities to attract and lock in students is continuing to grow. With so many colleges offering similar programs, it is essential that you stand out and prove as soon as possible that you are the right choice for a potential candidate. Learn how to improve your responses, increase replies and make more bookings!

3 Simple Ways to Increase Your Student Enrollment Rate

If you work in international student recruitment, don't miss your free copy of our International Higher Education Report: Student Trends 2018! Get insight into emerging trends in your target markets through a robust student survey completed by over 20,000 prospective and current students representing 178 nationalities.