Natalie Schwartz, Education Dive
The number of international students in the U.S. dropped for the first time in more than a decade during the 2019-20 academic year, according to the annual Open Doors report from the Institute of International Education and the U.S. Department of State. The number of foreign nationals studying in the U.S fell 1.8% to roughly 1.08 million students. It’s the first decline since the 2005-06 academic year, when there was roughly half the number of international students in the U.S. as there are now. he Trump administration recently proposed restrictions for student and work visas that could further dissuade international students from coming to the U.S. for college.
