In the 2024/25 academic year, students from India (363,019) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) (265,919) made up 53 percent (India, 31 percent; PRC, 23 percent) of all foreign students (1,177,766) at the post-secondary level, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual census. Yet, the number of F-1 student visas the U.S. State Department issued from May to August 2025 to Indian and PRC nationals fell dramatically from prior years’ levels.
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