US study abroad outlook

In 2019-20, the latest year for which the NCES has published data, 162,633 US students studied abroad.

As this number was severely impacted by the pandemic, suffering a 53 per cent fall compared to the year before, it is important to note that it totalled 347,099 in 2018-19.

Over half of all US study abroad students consistently head to Europe (57.9 per cent in 2019-20) with the majority of these (44 per cent) enrolling in either Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, or Ireland.

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Contact the Study UK team in the US at Karina.Pichardo1@britishcouncil.org