International student enrollment falls

美国国际学生人数锐减

The number of Chinese international students in the US saw its lowest growth rate in a decade - 0.8% - to reach 372,532 in the 2019-20 academic year, according to a report released on Monday.

11月16日发布的《2020美国门户开放报告》显示，2019-2020学年，中国赴美留学生总数为372532人，增长率仅为0.8%，创十年新低。

China remains the top source of international students in the US, and students from China accounted for 34.6% of the slightly more than 1 million international students in the US during the 2019-20 academic year, said the 2020 Open Doors Report, compiled by the Institute for International Education.

这份由美国国际教育协会编纂的报告显示，中国依然是美国最大的国际学生生源国，2019-2020学年，在美国超过100万国际学生中，34.6%来自中国。

The report also shows that international enrollment fell 16% this fall at more than 700 schools surveyed. The flow of new international students into US institutions plummeted 43% from the previous year. Nearly 40,000 international students have deferred enrollment.

报告还显示，今年秋季，700多所受访美国学校里的国际学生总数减少了16%，国际新生录取人数较去年骤降43%，近4万名国际学生推迟入学。