Open Doors Report: US sees biggest dip in global students at 15% in 2020-21

China, India post 15% and 13% decline in students to the US in 2020-21

With the global Covid-19 pandemic impacting overseas education, there has been a decline of 15 per cent in the number of international students in the US for 2020-21, as against a decline of 1.8 per cent in 2019-20, shows the latest Open Doors Report 2021.

The highest annual decline of 15 per cent for the US came amid countries affected by waves and variants of the Covid-19 pandemic, impacting international travel and overseas education. The highest annual growth in international students that the US saw in the recent past was 10 per cent clocked in 2014-15. The annual growth has