Indian students represented 31 per cent of the total in the academic year 2024-2025, while Chinese students accounted for 23 per cent.
To 'protect national interest', US now require all F, M, and Jvisa applicants (students/exchange visitors) to make socialmedia profiles public for nationalsecurity vetting.
Many students are now looking at opportunities in the UK, Australia, and Singapore due to lower cost of living and less interference from the government.
'Such unpredictability is motivating families to seek destinations with a more stable educational system.'
331,602 Indians are studying in the US, making India the 'top sender' of international students to America for the first time in 15 years, as it overtook China for the academic year 2023-2024.
186,267 Indian students were studying in the US in 2016-2017.
With 202,014 students, India sends the second largest number of foreign students to the United States, a report said.
The announcement comes as a big relief to international students, including those from India.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
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With fresh enrollments crossing 100,000 mark, the total number of Indian students studying in the US reported a sharp increase this year.
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