Washington: US universities have reported a 10 per cent drop in graduate enrollment from India in 2024-25, alongside a sharper 17 per cent decline in international students in the fall of 2025, according to a new US State Department-funded report.

The “Open Doors” report by the Institute of International Education, released on Monday, showed that over 61 per cent of the total schools have reported a drop in enrollment of Indian students in the fall of 2025.

The data, based on a survey of 825 US institutions, showed that more than 96 per cent of US institutions reporting declines in new students cite visa application concerns as the top reason, followed by travel restrictions to the United States.

However, in 2024-25, India remained the biggest source of foreign students in the United St

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