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Indian Students Flock to US Colleges, Offsetting Drop From China
The number of international students on American campuses is recovering to pre-pandemic levels.
Stanford University in California.
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The number of international students at US colleges and universities has nearly recovered from a Covid-related decline as a surge in Indian pupils helped make up for a loss in students from China.
The number of foreign students at US schools rose 12% in the 2022-2023 academic year to nearly 1.06 million students, within striking distance of 2019, according to Open Doors data from the Institute of International Education.