First-year international applications to US colleges drop 10% amid policy shifts
The number of first-year international students applying to U.S. universities fell to 148,780 in the 2025-26 admissions cycle, a decline of roughly 16,000 from the previous year, according to the Common Application, better known as Common App, a centralized online platform that allows undergraduate students to apply to 1,146 colleges and universities across all 50 … Read more