圣路易斯华盛顿大学国际学生占比三年降至38.2%：硕士项目缩减最明显
位于 Missouri 州 St. Louis 的圣路易斯华盛顿大学（Washington University in St. Louis，简称 WashU）校注册办公室2026年秋季学期数据显示，该校研究生中国际学生的占比已从2023年秋季的46.3%降至2026年秋季第10周的38.2%，下滑集中在硕士项目。
各学院硕士招生普遍收缩。McKelvey 工程学院硕士总招生从2022年秋季的1,057人降至2026年秋季的675人；院长 Aaron Bobick 估计，这相当于该学院运营预算中硕士学费收入减少20%至25%。Olin 商学院硕士招生从2022年的1,988人降至1,382人；文理学院硕士从2024年的173人降至107人；Brown School 从2022年的460人降至257人。法学院总招生为1,036人，低于2022年的1,223人。
与硕士形成对照的是，博士项目招生不降反升：文理学院博士从2022年的702人升至779人，McKelvey 工程学院从509人升至604人；医学院总招生更增长61%至1,909人。本科国际学生占比也在上升，从2022年的8%升至2025年的10.4%、2026年的11.2%。
文理学院研究生教育副院长 Joseph Jez 表示，已完成申请数下降、因签证障碍导致的延期增多，但申请者素质并未下降，部分博士项目今年录取了历来最强的一届。文理学院院长 Feng Sheng Hu——他本人1987年以国际学生身份来美——表示，国际学生当前面临的挑战与不确定性，影响远不止大学招生与财务，若趋势持续，将损害学术共同体的智识活力。
校方已着手应对：WashU Global 近期加大对国际学生的招募与支持投入，重振国际学生学者办公室等机构；Brown School 为社会工作硕士项目投入逾900万美元资助后，该项目招生在2025至2026年间增长29%；McKelvey 工程学院则增加宣讲场次、免除申请费、派教师赴海外高校并强化联合学位项目。Bobick 说：「过去那种挂出招牌、学生自己就来的日子已经过去了，现在我们必须更主动地去吸引学生。」
International Share of WashU Graduate Enrollment Falls to 38.2% as Master's Programs Shrink
Enrollment data from the Office of the University Registrar at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in Missouri show that international students accounted for 38.2% of the university's total graduate population by the 10th week of fall 2026, down from 46.3% in fall 2023, with the decline felt most strongly in master's degree programs.
Master's enrollment has fallen across nearly every school. In the McKelvey School of Engineering, total master's enrollment dropped to 675 students in fall 2026 from 1,057 in fall 2022, and Dean Aaron Bobick estimated the downturn represents a 20% to 25% reduction in master's tuition flowing into the school's operating budget. The Olin Business School saw master's enrollment fall to 1,382 from 1,988 in fall 2022; the College of Arts & Sciences fell to 107 master's students from 173 in fall 2024; and the Brown School recorded 257, down from 460 in fall 2022. Total enrollment at the School of Law is 1,036, compared with 1,223 in fall 2022.
Doctoral programs moved the other way: the College of Arts & Sciences enrolled 779 doctoral students, up from 702 in fall 2022, McKelvey rose to 604 from 509, and the School of Medicine grew overall enrollment by 61% to 1,909. International undergraduate enrollment also rose, to 11.2% from 10.4% in fall 2025 and 8% in fall 2022.
Joseph Jez, vice dean of graduate studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, noted that completed applications fell and deferrals rose due to visa hurdles, while applicant caliber remained high. Feng Sheng Hu, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, who came to the U.S. as an international student in 1987, wrote that the challenges and uncertainties facing international students will have broad, negative effects extending far beyond university enrollment and finances, and that continued declines would hurt the intellectual vitality of the academic community.
The university is responding: WashU Global has launched several investments to attract and support international students, the Brown School's commitment of over $9 million in funding for its master's program in social work led to a 29% enrollment increase from 2025 to 2026, and McKelvey has added information sessions, waived application fees, sent faculty to universities abroad, and strengthened joint degree programs. "The days when we could just sort of hang out a shingle and people would just show up — those days are gone," Bobick said. "Now we have to be more intentional about attracting students."
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