“Mid-ranked private colleges and regional public flagships are quite reliant on full-pay international students, and when those applicants start to diversify to the U.K., Australia or Singapore, these schools can't backfill the revenue since the domestic pipeline is shrinking with the demographic cliff, and they can't raise prices on a market already questioning their ROI.”

Jamie Beaton · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Jamie Beaton described how mid-ranked private and regional public colleges are particularly vulnerable to international student losses.