International Enrollment Drops 17% at US Universities

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The rate of new international enrollment at US universities dropped by 17% this autumn compared to previous years, research released on Monday indicates.

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International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Nov 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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International enrolment plummets 36% in Atlantic Canada

The impact of Canada's decision to drastically slash the number of new student visas " issuing 90,000 fewer international student visas between January and July of this year than a year earlier, for example " has had a disproportionate impact on Canada's poorest region, the four Atlantic provinces.

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Stick to Canada DialAgain.

#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-17 02:34 PM | Reply

... The drop comes as the Trump administration has made it more difficult to obtain student visas, with the research suggesting visa application issues like delays and denials are among the top reasons for the decline in first-time students. ...

Just another part of Pres Trump's assault on higher education.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-17 02:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Thus freeing up dozens of slots in the computer engineering and pre-med programs of a lot of directional schools. Not that local white dullards, all busy looking at their phones, could fill those slots...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-11-18 04:41 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Fantastic news

#4 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-11-18 11:07 PM | Reply

Not holding my breath waiting for "bros" to fill those slots.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2025-11-19 12:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#5 Indeed. Republicans wouldn't be happy if these seats were going to United States citizens. Republicans would think it's a bad thing for America if more Americans obtained college degrees.

Republicans want universities to all just go away. Same thing they want for immigrants, black people, brown people, trans people, and Muslims.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-19 12:58 PM | Reply