Editing Education in Australia (section)

=== International tertiary students ===
Australia has the highest ratio of international students per head of population in the world by a large margin, with 812,000 international students enrolled in the nation's universities and vocational institutions in 2019.<ref name="macrobusiness.com.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/11/australian-universities-double-down-on-international-students/|title=Australian universities double down on international students – MacroBusiness|date=31 October 2019}}</ref> Accordingly, in 2019, international students represented on average 26.7% of the student bodies of Australian universities. International education, therefore, represents one of the country's largest exports and has a pronounced influence on the country's demographics, with a significant proportion of international students remaining in Australia after graduation on various skill and employment visas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-27/temporary-graduate-visa-485-boom/10035390|title=Record number of international students sticking around on visas with full work rights| website= [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]| date= 27 July 2018}}</ref> The Australian onshore international education sector is predicted to rise to 940,000 by 2025. The biggest source markets for onshore international learner enrolments in 2025 were expected to be China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia, Brazil and South Korea. According to a 2016 report by [[Deloitte|Deloitte Access Economics]] for the [[Austrade|Australian Trade and Investment Commission]], higher education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) were projected to be the fastest-growing sectors in onshore international education by 2025.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.austrade.gov.au/Australian/Education/Services/australian-international-education-2025/growth-and-opportunity|title=Growth and opportunity in Australian international education|author=[[Deloitte|Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd]]|date=2016|work=[[Austrade|Australian Trade and Investment Commission]]|location=Australia|access-date=3 September 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412212616/https://www.austrade.gov.au/Australian/Education/Services/Australian-International-Education-2025/growth-and-opportunity|url-status=dead}}</ref> Australian Government is also planning to add another 1.46 billion AUD according to [https://cdrforaustralia.com/strategy-to-attract-fresher-engineer/ Modern Manufacturing Strategy], which predicts a high jump in job growth and [[Australian migration zone|migration]] of people.