ADVERTISEMENTForeign Student Spending In US Is Dropping On Visa CrackdownSuch a drop in spending is unprecedented in data going back to 1982, outside of the Covid period. Bloomberg News06 Dec 2025, 07:39 AM IST i06 Dec 2025, 07:39 AM IST06 Dec 2025, 07:39 AM ISTSaveSuch a drop in spending is unprecedented in data going back to 1982, outside of the Covid period (Image source: Bloomberg) Show Quick ReadSummary is AI Generated. Newsroom ReviewedSpending in the US by foreign students fell in the 12 months through September by the most on record, excluding the pandemic, according to monthly figures published Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The 5.3% decline — amounting to about $3 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate — follows a crackdown by the Trump administration on visas for foreign students, which led to a plunge in enrollment in the 2025 fall semester.
