Despite his tough talk on immigration, Trump has not commented much on international students.
Sudkamp mentioned that Canada was now considered the country of choice for international students.
Wright State saw a dip of more than 400 international students this fall, mostly from Saudi Arabia, officials have said. The drop in enrollment resulted in a loss of around $10 million, said Wright State president David Hopkins.
Ohio ranks eighth nationally with more than 37,700 international students enrolled in college, and those students contribute more than $1.1 billion to the state’s economy, according to the Institute of International Education.
Wright State has the fifth most international students of any college in Ohio with 2,439 international students, according to the institute.
Wright State officials, including Sudkamp, have said international students were worried about studying in the U.S. because of Trump’s ascension to the presidency. Other area universities reported similar instances shortly after the November election.
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