Enrollment of Indians drops 75%
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More help for US citizens
Indian student enrollment in US universities has dropped by nearly 75% in the first year of the second administration of Donald Trump. According to reports from various education consultants, this is due to visa checks, fewer interview slots, and large-scale visa cancellations as the main reasons behind this sharp fall. Reacting to the situation, V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani, said the sharp fall in enrolments should not be seen as temporary. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/study/indian-students-turn-away-from-us-as-visas-dry-up-under-trump/articleshow/126761020.cms https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/10/01/immigration-data-indicate-indian-student-enrollment-may-plummet/ |
Anonymous
A culture that exports its own children has no hope |
Anonymous
A culture that promotes multiple parental sacrifices for the sake of their children's future is full of hope. |
Anonymous
| My friend works in the international student department at a state university. She said they typically have 85-100 students enrolled in the spring semester. This year there are 15. |
Anonymous
| More room for Americans. Awesome! |
Anonymous
Don't be an idiot. People from overseas come here for an education for many reasons. They pay alot to do so and offset instate and other discounted tuition. They, in general, work hard and contribute to science, tech, etc. Some of them stay longer, temporarily or permanently. And they are set up for a better life. This is a sort of soft diplomacy that is important, esp with the rest of it getting gutted by the Orange Menace. |
Anonymous
| Maybe tuition rates will start dropping for a change. |
Anonymous
most univresities have more than enough room for american students. But the full-pay internationals students keep americans students paying less. expect to see private college and univrsities close, regional state univresities go onlien to save cost, and tuitions rise. |
Anonymous
Ummm....that's not how it works. International students pay the full amount of tuition which helps keep it lower for our kids. |
Anonymous
It's not high demand that is raising tuition. The vast majority of private and public colleges and univercisties are desperate for students and will be more so as the "demographis cliff" hits. International students and research dollars kept tuition lower (not low!) for us students. These funsing sources of universities are in peril. Expect tuition to rise (more) or schools to go online or close. |
Anonymous
They’ll go up. |
Anonymous
funding |
Anonymous
Exactly. Common sense. |
Anonymous
Wrong. I know many Indians that go to state schools in Texas and get scholarships and help. Stop with the chamber of commerce propaganda |
Anonymous
Uh, these students pay full freight, so, no, it will go the other way as schools seek to close budget gaps. |