Indian applications to US colleges fell 14% in the 2025-26 admissions cycle through March 1, even as domestic US applicants increased 3%. India remained the second-largest international applicant market on Common App, behind China, amid a broader 9% decline in international applicants.

Data from Common App shows increases from low-income student applicants, Black applicants and applicants from small towns.

Foreign student applications to US colleges dropped 10% this year, marking the largest decline in a decade amid visa restrictions.