Growth in Indian students going to the US likely to fall further in 2019

Hostile environment towards outsiders a major reason for dip, say experts

The trend of declining growth in the number of Indian students flying abroad to study in the US, is expected to continue in 2019, say overseas education players. Even as more and more Indian students are going to the US for studies, the growth rate has been falling since couple of years, thanks to the economic and political uncertainty in the host country.

With most of the applications having been filed by December, January is expected to see varsities reverting with confirmation of admission, which goes on till April. With the likelihood of a regime change in the US after the