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American college students are less likely to die on study abroad programs than on their home campuses, according to a new analysis of insurance claims published by the Forum on Education Abroad. The analysis compares data from two major insurance providers, which together insured nearly half of all students studying abroad in 2014, with findings from a 2013 study on mortality at 157 college campuses.
The comparison found that students on U.S. campuses were more than twice as likely to die as students studying abroad. The two study abroad insurance providers reported a combined four deaths out of a total 146,898 insured students in 2014. Two of these deaths were accidental and two were related to pre-existing medical conditions.
“While year-to-year variations may alter the results to some extent, the sensitivity analysis performed above should provide some measure of comfort in concluding that, at the very least, study abroad does not carry a greater risk of death than does study on U.S. university campuses,” the forum’s report concludes.
