Figure 1

US student visa issuance in 2025 dropped by about a third through September

Cumulative F-1 student visa issuances by month, 2017–September 2025

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Source: Authors’ calculations from US Department of State, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, through September 2025, the latest available at time of writing.Download image