The University of North Texas warned that a drop in international student arrivals is creating immediate budget pressure after visa denials, deportation actions, and travel restrictions reduced expected enrollment. President Harrison Keller said UNT faced a shortfall when 2,800 international students stayed away, including full-tuition-paying students critical to graduate program finances. Keller tied the enrollment decline to the institution going $45 million into the red and eliminating 71 academic programs, with another projected $47 million hit in the next academic year if declines persist. The university projected some mitigation to reduce the next-year impact to $25 million through spending cuts. The issue is also showing up in national data: reported student arrival declines were 5% in March, almost 8% in April, and 1% in May year over year, after a roughly 22% drop in the prior summer. Higher education leaders now face enrollment management and pricing decisions amid volatility in international student demand and visa processing.