US looks for IEP recovery after 2021 enrolments remain 50% down
Date postedJune 2, 2022
Some 39,352 international students enrolled to 330 intensive English programs in the US in the 2021 calendar year, figures show. While the enrolments are up slightly on 2020 figures, they are still around 50% of pre-pandemic numbers.
The statistics from the Open Doors IEP data, released at the NAFSA conference in Denver, found that overall students studied for 514,685 weeks. The decline in students was largely down to the Covid-19 pandemic, IIE noted. There are, however, hopes that the sector can recover with the help of new initiatives.
In 2019, a total of 75,379 international students enrolled with 394 IEP providers.