Trump Administration Cancels International Students’ Visas - Thousands Come to Rhode Island

Trump Administration Cancels International Students’ Visas - Thousands Come to Rhode Island

As President Donald Trump’s administration moves to deport hundreds of students in the United States who are in the country on visas, the impact may have some significant adverse economic consequences. And Rhode Island could be hit hard.

 

Visas have been canceled for both Brown and RISD students. The total number has not been reported.

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Foreign students attending American colleges and universities are a big business. Most pay full tuition and, de facto, subsidize American students.

 

International students pumped nearly $44 billion into the American economy and generated 378,000 jobs last year alone, according to NAFSA Association of International Educators, which promotes international education, reported the New York Times.

 

Here is the breakdown of international students at some of the colleges and universities in Rhode Island:

 

Brown University reports that it has approximately 1,762 international students. This figure includes both undergraduate and graduate students, representing about 17.7% of the total student body. More specifically, 807 of these students are undergraduates. 

 

In the 2022-2023 academic year, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) reported it had 1,003 international students, including 733 undergraduates and 270 graduate students. These international students constituted 33% of the student body at the time, according to some reports. More specifically, RISD reported 518 undergraduate international students out of a total of 1,736 undergraduates.

 

The University of Rhode Island has approximately 143 international undergrads, according to the University. International students comprise 1% of the total undergraduate student population of 13,481. 

 

Providence College says it has around 88 international students, representing approximately 2% of its total student population of 4,689. This includes 67 international students in the undergraduate day school and 21 in the graduate program. 

 

Johnson & Wales University has 230 international students from over 54 countries. The top 10 international student populations are from India, China, South Korea, the Bahamas, Indonesia, Jamaica, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Panama. It is not clear how many of those students attend classes at the Providence campus. 

 

In total, those five schools have about 3,200 international students.

 

EDITOR'S NOTE: URI claims it has 143 international undergrads, not 82.