This archive report was first published on 22 November 2019.
Published on November 22, 2019, a report by the Institute of International Education revealed that Kenya is among the top African countries with a high number of students in United States colleges and universities.
According to the report, there were 3,451 Kenyan students enrolled in US higher education institutions in the 2018/2019 academic year, marking a four percent increase from the previous year.
This growth outpaced the overall rise of 0.05 percent in the number of foreign students tallied in the US during the period.
Kenya takes the top spot among East African nations, followed by Ethiopia with 2,061 students, Rwanda with 1,292 students, Uganda with 848 students, Tanzania with 834 students, Burundi with 141 students, Somalia with 76 students, and South Sudan with 63 students.
However, the number of international students in the US has been on the decline in recent years, with a 0.9 percent drop last year.
87 percent of higher education institutions surveyed attributed the drop to delays or denials in issuing US visas to applicants under President Trump's administration.
Despite this trend, Kenyan students have defied the odds, with the number of learners from Kenya rising gradually during the past few years.
