New international student enrollments in US plunge this year, data shows

Enrollment fell 17%, the largest drop in a decade aside from the pandemic, amid Trump's immigration crackdown

The number of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities plunged this year as the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdown on higher education began to bite, data released on Monday reveals.

New international student enrollment fell 17% in the current academic year, the largest drop in more than a decade aside from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a fall snapshot published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).