Figure 4: Indian students were much more likely to receive a visa denial than Chinese students

Share of student visas denied, China and India, 2010–2024

Note: Rate calculated by subtracting “overcome” refusals from total workload and number of refusals.
Source: Department of State, “Nonimmigrant Visa Statistics,” 2013–2024 (earlier years via FOIA); rates by country from Mingyu Che et al., “Best and Brightest? The Impact of Student Visa Restrictiveness on Who Attends College in the US,” Labour Economics, May 10, 2023. Get the data Created with Datawrapper