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By Liam Knox, Bloomberg News<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of new foreign undergraduate students at U.S. colleges dropped by an average of 20% this spring from a year earlier, according to a study by a coalition of education groups, the latest sign that President Donald Trump\u2019s standoff with higher education is hammering a key source of talent and funding.<\/p>\n

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The findings, published in a report Monday by organizations including the U.S. international education group NAFSA, are based on a survey of 149 American schools. Some 62% of those schools reported lower foreign enrollment in both undergraduate and graduate programs compared to spring 2025.<\/p>\n

International students, who often pay full tuition, are a key source of revenue for universities, increasingly so in the face of domestic demographic declines. The Trump administration has cracked down on foreign student enrollment as part of its broader pressure campaign to reshape higher education and restrict immigration pathways.<\/p>\n

Though fewer students begin college in the spring, the semester\u2019s enrollment trends are a bellwether for the higher-volume fall cohort. If international enrollment falls by anywhere near 20% in the fall, some colleges could face serious budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n

The turning point for U.S. schools came last spring, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested and detained dozens of foreign students, sometimes on campus or in their dorm rooms, and revoked the legal residency of thousands more. Most had their status restored after the administration lost a series of court challenges, but the crackdown had a lasting impact.<\/p>\n

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While overall international enrollment in the U.S. dropped by 1.4% last fall from a year earlier, most students entering college then began their application process before the White House escalated its campaign to curb foreign enrollment. It wasn\u2019t until March that ICE agents began targeting students, and May when the State Department paused student visa interviews during the peak period for processing in order to roll out strict new review policies in June.<\/p>\n

In the survey, 84% of U.S. schools pointed to \u201crestrictive government policies\u201d as the main reason for the decline, and more than a third say the drop will likely lead to budget cuts. Last summer, student visa issuances fell by 36%.<\/p>\n

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The NAFSA survey, conducted in partnership with other international education groups, solicited responses from hundreds of colleges across the world, including Canada, Australia and the UK, three other major destinations for international students. Those countries, citing restrictive immigration policies, also reported declines in international enrollment this spring. Colleges in Europe and Asia, on the other hand, say international enrollment increased.<\/p>\n

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