What happened to student demand during President Trump’s inauguration week?
Bump in demand from the US for Studying abroad
After the US election results were announced, Studyportals saw a five-fold increase in daily US student searches for studying abroad. We have observed a smaller but still significant bump in pageviews in the week of President Trump’s inauguration.
Pageviews from the US for programmes abroad were 112% higher than average for January.
US student searches for studying abroad in the UK rose by half from the previous week and by two thirds compared to the same week last year. Searches for studying in Ireland rose 70% compared to the previous week and by over 100% compared to the same week last year. US student demand for Germany, the Netherlands and France also increased.
International student interest towards the US
Meanwhile, demand from international students for US degree programmes was 20% lower in Inauguration week compared to the same week last year.
Compared to the same week last year, Interest from Pakistan was up by 30% while Interest from India fell by half. Interest was also lower from Nigeria, Iran, Ghana and Nepal.
