College Insurrection recently reported the murder of a college student in Egypt. Now it seems many college students are leaving the country.

Mary Beth Marklein of USA Today reports.

Many U.S. students in Egypt are leaving amid upheaval

U.S. college students in Egypt have left or are preparing to leave the country following the demonstrations and political upheaval this week on the streets of Cairo and beyond, campus officials said Friday.

Six University of Maryland-College Park students were scheduled to leave Egypt Friday for Morocco, said Ross Lewin, associate vice president for international affairs. Two of six Georgetown University graduate students were expected to fly out of the country Friday, while four declined the university’s offer to help them evacuate, spokeswoman Rachel Pugh said.

Europ Assistance USA, which provides emergency travel assistance to organizations including some college study-abroad programs, was arranging Friday to evacuate students from Egypt, special projects manager Richard Knight said.

Many of the students had been participating in programs organized by third-party groups, including AMIDEAST, a non-profit organization that offers international education opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa.

Most education groups and universities follow advisories of the U.S. State Department, which on Wednesday ordered “non-essential” U.S. government personnel and their families to evacuate “due to the ongoing political and social unrest.” Typically, students are moved to programs in other countries, says Sharon Witherell, spokeswoman for the Institute of International Education, a New York-based non-profit that oversees exchange programs.

Of six Michigan State University students, for example, two have moved to Jordan, three have moved to Morocco and one student, who had been studying at the American University in Cairo, has returned to the USA, spokeswoman Cindy Chalou said.