The number of students taking the Graduate Record Examinations, or GRE, has been steadily increasing over the past few years.
However, its growth is due less to American graduate applicants and more to international students applying to U.S. graduate business programs, according to Bloomberg Business.
GRE Use Rises
The total number of GRE takers has grown by 3% between 2013 and 2014, and by 12% since 2009. But the number of U.S. students taking the exam actually dropped over the same time period, from 445,135 in 2009 to 422,668 in 2014.
The decrease may be caused by a drop in the number total U.S. graduate school applicants who preferred to find jobs in an improving economic climate rather than going back to school, Bloomberg explained.
