After 9/11 there was a big drop in foreign graduate students enrolling in US Computer Science programs. The CRA Bulletin reports on New data from NSF that shows a slight increase in 2005 from first-time grad CS enrollment from foreign students.

“According to an NSF InfoBrief, after falling for three years, enrollment of first-time, full-time foreign students in master’s and doctoral programs in the computer sciences rose 11% in 2005. First-time enrolment of US citizens was relatively unchanged. The increase among foreigners meant that first-time enrollment in CS grew 6% after declining the previous 2 years. Nevertheless, these gains in first-time enrollment were not enough to halt a 4% drop in total enrollment between 2004 and 2005, and a 13% drop since 2002.”

It’s a small but promising trend.

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