According to the VOA News: Keystone Education Group, based in Oslo, Norway, surveyed 23,800 prospective international students representing more than 195 countries and found that students are evolving in the way they approach decisions about study abroad. (June 2023)

Several highlights from the group’s 2023 State of Student Recruitment Report conducted from January-April 2023 include:

• A growing number of students are researching study abroad options less than six months before applying.
• Three-quarters of students are worried about the safety of studying abroad, particularly when it comes to racial discrimination.
• Among respondents, 52% were African students and 18% were Asian students.