Visitors to the US arriving on student visas hit a four-year low in August, portending a grim trend for the nation’s education sector.
Student arrivals to the US dropped 19% in August year-on-year to just over 313,000 – a fifth consecutive month of declines […] That’s the lowest number of students entering the US for August — a peak month for new students to arrive — since 2021 amid the Covid pandemic. Total student arrivals are down nearly 12% for the year through August.
The downturn is most dramatic among those from Asia, which provides the bulk of student visas […]
International students contributed nearly $44 billion to the US economy and supported almost 400,000 jobs in 2023–24
There was just an article about this about Indiana specifically. The public schools charge higher tuition for international applicants and this will likely negatively impact domestic students as tuition will end up going up.
“The report highlights a notable drop in international student numbers, with Purdue University’s international graduate-student enrollment falling from 6,100 in 2024 to 5,283 in 2025. Indiana University also experienced a 14% decrease, with 5,645 international students enrolled in 2025 compared to 6,578 in 2024.”