November 7, 2026 · GlobalStudyConsulting database

Studying in the USA: 983 Consultancies That Place Students There

The USA is the fourth most served destination in the database. India supplies the most USA-focused offices, China is second, and the pattern says a lot about both markets.

Nine hundred and eighty-three offices in this database say they place students in the USA, making it the fourth most served destination after Australia, the UK and Canada. The home-country split is the story. Indian offices lead with 373, Chinese offices follow with 244, then Bangladesh with 129. Offices inside the USA itself contribute 105, most of them counselors helping students in both directions.

India's lead reflects volume and structure: the USA remains the prestige destination for Indian applicants, so nearly four in five Indian offices in the database list it. China's 244 is striking for a different reason. Chinese agencies historically focused on the USA above all else, and even as Australia and the UK have grown in their destination lists, the USA stays near the top.

The smaller numbers deserve a look too. Only 28 Australian offices list the USA, because Australian agencies mostly serve students arriving into Australia or leaving for the UK. British offices list it 46 times, often as part of a premium, full-service offer. Filipino offices list it 58 times, a reminder of the long educational link between the Philippines and the United States.

For a student, the practical read is this: USA expertise is easy to find in India and China, scarcer and more specialized in Australia and the UK. Wherever you sit, filter the destination page for the USA, then compare services. Visa filing experience matters more for the USA than for most destinations, because the interview, not the paperwork, decides.

What USA-bound students should weight differently

Because the American decision happens in an interview, service lists deserve a different reading for this destination. Application filing is nearly universal, and visa filing appears in 1,294 offices database-wide, but the differentiators for the USA are mock interview practice, funding documentation discipline and refusal handling. Offices whose service lists mention interview preparation explicitly, still a small minority in this data, are telling you where their process ends: not at the filing, but at the consulate door.

Geography inside the USA list matters too. The 105 offices located in the USA skew toward admissions counseling for students already there or applying from third countries, and their models differ: priced packages rather than commissions. If you are applying from India, Bangladesh, China or the Philippines, the deepest USA benches sit in your home market. If you are already in the USA, the domestic counselor market is the relevant page, and its published prices, $500 to $8,000 and beyond, are the honest cost of that expertise.

Data: the GlobalStudyConsulting database of 1,506 consultancy offices in 384 cities, collected from consultancies' own websites and verified November 7, 2026. Try the Agency Fit Finder or browse consultancies by city.