As a result, the number of Chinese students in the US has decreased with each passing year. A report published last November by the US Department of State in collaboration with the Institute of International Education noted that there were 277,398 students from mainland China in the US for the 2023-2024 academic year, down from 289,526 in the 2022-2023 academic year and 290,086 in the 2021-2022 academic year. Last year, India surpassed China as the largest source of international students stateside, with China coming in at second.