INTERACTIVE: Fewer Malaysian students heading to the US
Visitors explore opportunities with local and international institutions at The Star Education Fair 2025. — Low Boon Tat/THE STAR
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian student arrivals to the United States of America have fallen this year amid uncertainties over US foreign student policies.
According to figures from the US National Travel and Tourism Office website, the number of Malaysians arriving in the United States on student visas from January to April this year dropped by 7% to 1,754 compared to 1,887 in the same period last year.
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