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Based on a 2017 analysis report from the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, there has been a 3 percent drop in the number of international students enrolling in US colleges. This report was noted for the 2016-2017 school year and is said to be on the rise by the 2017-2018 school year period to a whopping 7 percent. The report shows that the drop in the numbers has been occurring only as of lately. Though there are still millions of international students studying in the US on a yearly basis, it noted that there was a drop of about 10,000 new international students for the 2016-2017 year.
The federal government notes that the funding from international students contributes to around $39 billion dollars a year and with this drop in the intake number, these figures will also fall. The number of international students still on US soil are there in order to receive practical completion for their course of study as many are granted a better learning opportunity than if they were in their own country. Other than the fact that the opportunities might be better, the need to assess the decline in the previous numbers is a concern for the education sector. This because they are working to empower more persons for the workforce, as is evident most countries and industries are vying to attract the highest and most worthy talents.
The reports conducted had gone a step further in finding out the areas where the fall in numbers of international students are most significant. Allan Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of International Education, a non-profit group sponsoring the report with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, noted that the rise in numbers are due to a number of factors including but not limited to:
- The increase in post graduate education in the students’ country
- A mix in global and economic conditions
- The need for eliminating the rapid decline in population in the student home country.
Also, many countries have withdrawn their strong scholarship support they had bonded with the US and as such, more students are unable to support or fund their own education. This may be a call for concern as though the international countries are doing their part; does the US on a whole have something to do with it?