If Filipinos Are Getting Richer, Why Are There Fewer Filipino Students in the USA Every Year? - Updated as of 2016-2017

If Filipinos are getting richer, why are there fewer and fewer Filipino students studying in the USA every year?

 According to the latest Open Doors Report, the number of Filipino students studying in US Colleges and Universities, at 3,066 students in 2016, is even lower than what it was in the year 2000: 3,139 students. However, this is a 4.16% increase over the previous year's total of 2,886 students.

This runs counter to the trend in the ASEAN. Other ASEAN countries, particularly Vietnam, have been enrolling more and more of their students in US Colleges and Universities.

If Filipinos Are Getting Richer, Why Are There Fewer Filipino Students in the USA Every Year?


The Mysterious Decline of Filipino Students in the US