Pew Research Center
New Foreign Student Enrollment at U.S. Colleges and Universities Doubled Since Great Recession
November 21, 2017
Nearly 364,000 foreign students with F-1 visas were newly enrolled at a U.S. college or university in 2016, double the number at the outset of the Great Recession, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained through a public records request.