{"id":78426,"date":"2025-09-30T00:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=78426"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:06:18","slug":"fewer-foreign-students-in-the-united-states-a-decline-that-is-costing-universities-dearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/fewer-foreign-students-in-the-united-states-a-decline-that-is-costing-universities-dearly\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer foreign students in the United States  : a decline that is costing universities dearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span dir=\"auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78427\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fewer-foreign-students-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fewer-foreign-students-.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fewer-foreign-students--250x141.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"auto\">The number of international students on U.S. campuses is estimated to have declined by 150,000 this fall due to policies implemented by the Trump administration. This reversal of fortune will weigh heavily on campuses and their local economies.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">It&#8217;s the time when students are returning to college, and like every year, campuses across the United States, from Tucson, Arizona, to Tallahassee, Florida, are buzzing with activity. However, a new trend is emerging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Compared to the 2024-2025 academic year, an estimated\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafsa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/Fall%202025%20International%20Student%20Enrollment%20Outlook%20and%20Economic%20Impact.pdf\"><span dir=\"auto\">30 to 40 percent fewer international students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0are expected in the fall of 2025, according to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafsa.org\/international-student-arrests\"><span dir=\"auto\">NAFSA-Association of International Educators<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 a non-profit organization specializing in international education \u2013 and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jb.international\/home\"><span dir=\"auto\">JB International<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, a for-profit company specializing in educational technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In total,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafsa.org\/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact\"><span dir=\"auto\">an estimated 150,000 fewer international students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0are expected to arrive in the coming weeks due to new visa restrictions and the cancellation of administrative appointments at U.S. embassies and consulates in many countries, including India, China, Nigeria, and Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">There were\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/international-student-enrollment-drops-in-us-amid-policy-changes\/65950522\"><span dir=\"auto\">more than 1.1 million international students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2014more than half of them from China or India\u2014in U.S. universities during the 2023-2024 academic year, according to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">Institute for International Education<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, which monitors programs for international students and shares the most comprehensive recent data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">This sharp decline in international students could cost\u00a0the U.S. economy\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafsa.org\/about\/about-nafsa\/us-economy-could-suffer-7-billion-loss-precipitous-drop-international-students\"><span dir=\"auto\">$7 billion during the 2025-2026 school year, according to NAFSA estimates.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">For every three international students in the United States,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/education\/5226292-trump-immigration-crackdown-international-students-college-campus-protests-ice-rubio-deportation-khalil\"><span dir=\"auto\">one new American job is created<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, or supported, by the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/foreign-student-visa-holders-loss-us-economy-impact-2119494\"><span dir=\"auto\">average $35,000<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0these students spend locally on housing, food, transportation, and other expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">As a research fellow at the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fletcher.tufts.edu\/news-events\/news\/fletcher-school-appoints-new-professor-public-diplomacy\"><span dir=\"auto\">Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0and a former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy in the Obama administration, I oversaw numerous student exchange programs involving many countries around the world. I believe that major economic consequences are looming as a result of this student mobility crisis, and that they could last for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">A rapid inversion of the curve<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">International students began coming to the United States in the early 20th\u00a0<\/span><sup><span dir=\"auto\">century<\/span><\/sup><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0, when philanthropists such as the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gooverseas.com\/blog\/history-study-abroad\"><span dir=\"auto\">Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Mott families<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0sought to send American scholars abroad. They helped establish international scholarships that were later often funded by the federal government, such as the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foreign.fulbrightonline.org\/about\/foreign-student-program\"><span dir=\"auto\">Fulbright Program<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, which provides grants to American students to spend time and conduct research abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">By 1919, non-profit organizations, such as the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/data\/international-students\/enrollment-trends\"><span dir=\"auto\">Institute for International Education<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, served as intermediaries between foreign students and American universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The number of foreign students enrolled in the United States steadily increased after the end of World War II, as a world emerged in which travel became easier and less expensive. While\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/open-doors-through-history\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">26,000 foreign students came to the United States during the 1949-1950 academic year<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, this number had grown to 286,343 three decades later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In the 1990s,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/data\/international-students\/enrollment-trends\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">over 400,000 international students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0attended U.S. institutions each year. This number continued to increase, surpassing 500,000 by the early 2000s. The number of international students enrolled in the United States\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opendoorsdata.org\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">surpassed the 1 million mark for the first time in the 2015-2016 academic year<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">While international students accounted for only\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/international-students-united-states\"><span dir=\"auto\">1% of the 2.4 million students in the United States in 1949-1950<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, they will represent about 6% of the 18.9 million students in 2023-2024, according to the Migration Institute, a nonpartisan research organization. This percentage, however, is relatively small compared to the proportion of international students at universities in other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">International students accounted for 38% of total enrollment at Canadian universities, 31% of all university students in Australia, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/international-students-united-states\"><span dir=\"auto\">27% of all students in the United Kingdom<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0in the 2024-2025 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">Trump&#8217;s warnings to foreign students<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Within 90 days of returning to office, President Donald Trump invoked the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which gives the secretary of state the authority to expel foreign students whose behavior could\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/immigration-act\"><span dir=\"auto\">threaten U.S. foreign policy interests<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Since then, the U.S. government has revoked the visas of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz93vznxd07o\"><span dir=\"auto\">6,000 foreign students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, the State Department reported in August 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">There have also been several high-profile arrests of international students, including that of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/02\/nx-s1-5348083\/legal-scholar-sees-immigrant-arrests-as-a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-country\"><span dir=\"auto\">Rumeysa Ozturk<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, a Turkish student at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Ozturk in March 2025, shortly after the administration revoked her visa. Her arrest came a year after she co-authored an op-ed calling for Tufts University to recognize the genocide in the Gaza Strip and divest from all businesses with ties to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio supported Ozturk&#8217;s arrest,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/education\/5217879-rubio-defends-turkish-student-arrest\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">saying in March<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0that the government will not grant visas to people who come to the United States with the intent to &#8220;vandalize universities, harass students, occupy buildings, cause trouble.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In May 2025, a federal judge ruled that there was\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/09\/nx-s1-5393055\/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ordered-freed-from-immigration-detention\"><span dir=\"auto\">no evidence to suggest Ozturk<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0posed a credible threat to the United States. She was then released from immigration detention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">But his arrest coincided with those of other foreign students in high-profile cases, such as that of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/11\/us\/mahmoud-khalil-arrest-update-columbia-university\"><span dir=\"auto\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, a graduate student at Columbia University in New York and a permanent resident of the United States, who was arrested after participating in campus protests in support of Palestinian rights. These arrests sent the message to foreign students, &#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/10\/us\/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-release.html\"><span dir=\"auto\">It is not as safe to come to the United States as it used to be<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The administration announced other changes that will make it harder for foreign students to stay in the United States, such as a travel restriction policy starting in 2025 that blocks or restricts the entry of people from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/06\/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats\/\"><span dir=\"auto\">19 countries<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, primarily from the Middle East and Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The administration also announced in August its intention to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/trump-administration-proposes-new-rule-end-foreign-student-visa-abuse\"><span dir=\"auto\">limit the length of stay<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0for international students to four years. Currently, they have 60 days after graduation to stay in the United States before needing to obtain a work visa or other type of authorization to remain legally in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span dir=\"auto\">A simple mathematical equation<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">New York University, Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and Columbia University welcomed the largest number of international students in 2023-2024. But these students are not concentrated solely in large, Democratic-leaning cities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Arizona State University hosted the fourth-largest number of international students that year, and Purdue University in Indiana and the University of North Texas also ranked among the top ten institutions\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/07\/nx-s1-5423535\/international-students-college-data-breakdown\"><span dir=\"auto\">with the largest number of international students<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">All of these institutions, as well as others, such as the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcur.org\/education\/2025-09-08\/trump-international-student-visa-university-kansas-city-enrollment-cliff\"><span dir=\"auto\">universities in Kansas City, Missouri<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2014which welcomed far fewer international students than expected in the spring, some of whom were unable to obtain visas\u2014will suffer the financial consequences of the refusal to accept international students in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Because of all these assessments, I believe there is a strong case for increasing the number of international students admitted to the United States rather than reducing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Tara Sonenshine is the Edward R. 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