[U.S.]Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5498669/trump-college-international-student-visa
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[U.S.]Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5498669/trump-college-international-student-visa
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Yes, because we scared them off by being absolute psychopaths to people with valid visas.
>Classes began this week for students at the University at Buffalo, a public research university in western New York, but there were about **750** fewer international students on campus than expected.
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> Over the last six months the Trump Administration has clamped down on international student visas, temporarily pausing and then revamping the student visa interview process and bringing more scrutiny to the vetting system. That led to long delays and meant many accepted students couldn’t get appointments at embassies or consulates in time for the start of the fall semester.
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>At the University at Buffalo, the overall decline of about 15% of international students is happening mostly in graduate programs, especially in the STEM fields. But it’s not just Buffalo. Universities all over the country are experiencing similar drops. Arizona State University reported a fall semester decline for **the first time since 2020**. Declines have been announced at universities in Texas, Missouri and Illinois. The state of Massachusetts is expecting about **10,000** fewer new international students this year.
Also I added the “[U.S.]” in the title simply to be specific. I don’t know if it’s mod approved or not.
Oh no! They’ll have to possibly lower their tuition then so sad.
There are plenty of places around the world where you can get an excellent education without risking an extended stay at CECOT…
Russia has the same problem. Trump is on a solid path to recession and economic downturn.
ICE targeted and jailed multiple students with valid visas that are suddenly and without warning being revoked. The US is no longer safe for foreign students.
– https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5441691/mahmoud-khalil-interview
– https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/1239050322/here-now-anytime-03-17-2025
– https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5365410/student-activist-arrested-by-ice-at-his-citizenship-appointment
– https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348083/legal-scholar-sees-immigrant-arrests-as-a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-the-country
Where else will international students learn about gender studies and underwater trans basket weaving?!?!?
Where will international students learn all the skills they need for all the jobs we exported to their country?
So, more room in competitive institutions for homegrown citizens?
Sounds like there may be a silver lining.
And in May, the State Department said it would “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students and add additional scrutiny for future visa applications from China.
But in recent days Trump has signaled a shift. This week, Trump told reporters he planned to double the amount of Chinese students studying in the U.S.
Lmfao this guy is actually too funny.
And colleges will still get more expensive having lost these out off state tuitions
They don’t want to disappear inside an ICE detention facility. Valid.
We are still only in Year 1 of this administration.
Parallels how incels can’t get dates and form healthy relationships.
The brain drain from this administration will hamstring this country for decades and decades.
They slashed our TA budget by 30%, we couldn’t have supported them anyway.
im sure they are seeing drops in domestic students as well
college simply not worth it for many people
Racists and isolationists are completely incapable of understanding that international students were a huge benefit in many, many ways to the US and it’s depressing to know we might never fully recover from this even if things were to change for the better, like, next year.
This is probably the most obvious r/NoShitSherlock I’ve seen recently
Don’t blame them. The US is garbage right now. Worst administration ever.
Plenty of colleges outside of US that are cheaper and safer
So American universities funded by American tax dollars will educate American children who will contribute to American society and fill American jobs instead of H1B visa holders
Diminishing the ability of educational institutions to remain open and thriving is a conservative goal. It’s all connected ya’ll.