Study International – Staff Writer
Since 2009, the overall number of US university students signing up for foreign language classes have been steadily falling. Now, new data reveal the number continues to fall – from 2013 to 2016, the number of enrollments has dropped by nine percent, Quartz reported. The biggest increase could be seen in Korean language classes, however, which grew by 65 percent. However, there are only 14,000 students enrolled in these classes, much lower than over 700,000 for Spanish, which is the most popular language among US college students. (more)