SCHOOL’S OUT

New International Student Enrollment Tanks Under Trump

The government has adopted a stringent policy on student visa revocation.

The number of international students enrolling at American universities has fallen off a cliff amid President Donald Trump’s sprawling immigration crackdown. Nationwide, there were 17 percent fewer new international students matriculating. It comes against a backdrop of mass visa revocations, with the Trump administration rescinding some 8,000 since January 20, The Pie reports. The new data comes from the Institute of International Education, which surveyed 825 colleges nationwide. Overall international enrollment remained steady with a 1 percent drop, but the plummet in new arrivals suggests trouble is on the horizon. The downturn in students arriving in the U.S. for the first time is the biggest seen since COVID, ABC News reports. “Approximately 29 percent of institutions report an increase in new international enrollment, 14 percent indicate stable numbers, and 57 percent note a decrease,” the report said. Despite the worrying outlook and government rhetoric, the report added, “84 percent of U.S. colleges and universities consider international student recruitment a priority.”