Huge Surge in American Students Studying Abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa

We reported last week on a significant increase in the number of students from sub-Saharan Africa who were studying in the United States during the 2023-24 academic year. What about U.S. students studying abroad in sub-Saharan African nations? According to the latest Open Doors report from the Institute on International Education, the number of Americans studying at African universities nearly doubled from the 2021-22 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. There were 9,163 Americans studying in sub-Saharan Africa, up 98.6 percent from the previous year. Nearly 3.3 percent of all Americans studying abroad in the 2022-23 academic year spent their time at universities in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of students from sub-Saharan Africa studying in the United States was more than 12 times the number of American students who attended universities in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly 39 percent of all U.S. students studying abroad in sub-Saharan Africa attended universities in South Africa. There were 3,568 American students attending universities in South Africa during the 2022-23 academic year. This was up 113 percent from the previous year. In the 2022-23 academic year 1,444 U.S. students studied in Ghana, more than double the number from the previous year. Kenya hosted 1,024 U.S....