But India's rate of growth has still outpaced China's (which is at 6.8%). Students from these two countries now represent almost 50% of the total enrolment of international students in the US. While overall fresh enrolment has fallen, the number of international students studying on American campuses has increased.For the second consecutive year, US colleges and universities hosted more than 1 million international students, thereby reaching 1.08 million. "I am pleasantly surprised, because I kept hearing, it will be low, it will be low, it will be low," Kagan said during an interaction at The Times of India. "According to US Consulate General Mumbai's consular chief Michael Evans, the Mumbai US visa office issued more than 17,000 student visas in 2016.

Source: Times of India November 13, 2017 19:51 UTC