Foreign Enrollment at US Colleges Sinks, First Time in Years (1)

Foreign student enrollment at US universities fell by 1.4% this fall, the first drop in three years after the Trump administration clamped down on immigration and took aim at a bevy of elite schools.

The number of international students across the country dropped by close to 5,000, even as the overall number of students grew by 1%, according to data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The decline was driven by graduate student programs, where enrollment fell by 6% — or nearly 10,000 students — after shooting up more than 50% between 2020 and 2024.

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