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Chinese students make up 1/3 of the total number of foreign students in the US – Photo: Reuters
According to the annual survey by Educational Technology Group New Oriental, one of China’s largest educational groups, of 6,673 respondents from 34 Chinese provinces, 42% said they would choose while only 37% said they chose the United States to study in the United Kingdom.
No longer an option number one
The survey also clearly establishes that the tension in the relationship between the United States and China during the past is the main factor causing this change. The latest tension is the announcement that the United States has stripped visas from more than 1,000 Chinese citizens who come to the United States to study and study for security reasons.
Another Nikkei survey with foreign student organizations on some US college campuses found that 24% of respondents said they were considering leaving the US due to the visa policy and administration of President Donald. Triumph. Another 35% also said they might consider leaving the United States.
Nick Wang, a Chinese student who worked hard for a graduate degree in computer science at Brown University, postponed his studies in the United States. Wang is currently applying to universities in the UK, Singapore and Europe. This is a very big change, because before the 23-year-old boy only had the desire to go to the United States to study computer science.
“No one knows what US-China relations will be like next year,” Wang told Nikkei, referring to Trump’s erratic views with Beijing and the US elections just two months away. “I don’t know if I will get a visa for the United States next year – he said – So even if I do, it is still a question of whether I can stay in the United States to work after graduation or not.”
According to Wang, most Chinese students see studying in the United States as a ticket to a job and a life here. “If it’s just about the quality of American education, it’s not worth paying the high tuition fees,” Wang said. If they study at Brown University, the Wang family will have to spend about 1 million yuan (142,500 yuan). dollars) for two years.
Also in the same bewilderment and anxiety as Wang is Joyce Fan, a sophomore studying law at New York University. “I don’t have any plans at the moment because I feel like we (Chinese) can be deported at any time,” Fan said.
Top 10 Countries / Regions in Number of Students Studying in the US for the 2017-2018 School Year – Charts: T.DAT
The main source of income affected
Last year, according to the Nikkei Asian Review, the total number of Chinese students in the US was 369,548 people, which represents a third (about 34%) of the total number of foreign students studying in the US. ., Almost quadrupling in 10 years. by.
In fact, Chinese students have changed the entire business model of higher education in the US, contributing to the $ 170 billion in tuition fees in the 2017-2018 school year, according to the Center for Unification. National education statistics (US).
American universities are also more reliant on international students, primarily middle-class Chinese students, for revenue to make up for budget deficits.
In a report released in April this year, the American Board of Education (ACE), an organization in Washington DC, estimated that American universities will lose $ 23 billion in the next school year with the number of international students attending. ants decreased by 25%.
In addition to the epidemics and geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, there is another problem that makes the United States no longer the number one option, only for many foreign students.
Mr. Gaurav Khanna, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, explained: “Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are also basically trying to create business models similar to American universities … Those countries are also trying to reduce the competitive advantage that the United States has long dominated.
