CSHE Director Jesse Rothstein Shared Insights on the International Student Enrollment at UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA - January 9th, 2026

Berkeleyside recently published a report on "Defying a nationwide trend, UC Berkeley enrolled more new international students this year," discussing the unexpected increase of international students at UC Berkeley. CSHE Director Jesse Rothstein offered insights on the trend: 

"If you go back to the beginning of the summer, there was a real worry about whether international students would get visas, and whether they would want to come...And those worries didn’t materialize...There may be fewer who want to come to the U.S., but those that want to come would rather go to the best public university in the country."

Read the full report here.