Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2018 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 309.20. Residence and migration of all first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates in degree- granting postsecondary institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2016
State or jurisdiction Total first-time enrollment in insti-tutions located in the state State residents enrolled in institutions Ratio of in-state students Migration of students
In any state1 In their
home state
To first-time enrollment (col. 4/ col. 2) To residents enrolled in any state (col. 4/ col. 3) Out of state (col. 3 - col. 4) Into state2 (col. 2 - col. 4) Net
(col. 8
- col. 7)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
United States 2,221,870 2,166,518 1,737,094   0.78 0.80 429,424 484,776 55,352
Alabama 41,568 32,801 29,007   0.70 0.88 3,794 12,561 8,767
Alaska 2,186 3,321 2,005   0.92 0.60 1,316 181 -1,135
Arizona 43,832 36,307 31,782   0.73 0.88 4,525 12,050 7,525
Arkansas 23,181 19,504 17,361   0.75 0.89 2,143 5,820 3,677
California 262,996 274,782 237,493   0.90 0.86 37,289 25,503 -11,786
                   
Colorado 33,359 33,290 24,499   0.73 0.74 8,791 8,860 69
Connecticut 25,456 30,743 16,388   0.64 0.53 14,355 9,068 -5,287
Delaware 8,017 6,705 4,501   0.56 0.67 2,204 3,516 1,312
District of Columbia 7,938 2,470 454   0.06 0.18 2,016 7,484 5,468
Florida 110,896 110,525 95,001   0.86 0.86 15,524 15,895 371
                   
Georgia 66,942 67,760 55,339   0.83 0.82 12,421 11,603 -818
Hawaii 6,395 8,264 4,852   0.76 0.59 3,412 1,543 -1,869
Idaho 10,822 8,626 6,295   0.58 0.73 2,331 4,527 2,196
Illinois 72,358 91,993 59,562   0.82 0.65 32,431 12,796 -19,635
Indiana 53,377 43,908 37,967   0.71 0.86 5,941 15,410 9,469
                   
Iowa 31,471 23,007 20,012   0.64 0.87 2,995 11,459 8,464
Kansas 25,655 22,302 18,819   0.73 0.84 3,483 6,836 3,353
Kentucky 31,128 27,714 24,310   0.78 0.88 3,404 6,818 3,414
Louisiana 33,716 31,762 28,452   0.84 0.90 3,310 5,264 1,954
Maine 9,771 8,518 5,837   0.60 0.69 2,681 3,934 1,253
                   
Maryland 34,490 42,057 26,822   0.78 0.64 15,235 7,668 -7,567
Massachusetts 61,644 54,960 35,528   0.58 0.65 19,432 26,116 6,684
Michigan 69,530 67,904 59,683   0.86 0.88 8,221 9,847 1,626
Minnesota 37,219 42,353 28,720   0.77 0.68 13,633 8,499 -5,134
Mississippi 27,825 22,612 21,018   0.76 0.93 1,594 6,807 5,213
                   
Missouri 42,021 40,137 32,046   0.76 0.80 8,091 9,975 1,884
Montana 6,918 5,322 4,138   0.60 0.78 1,184 2,780 1,596
Nebraska 16,027 14,719 12,012   0.75 0.82 2,707 4,015 1,308
Nevada 12,058 13,509 10,182   0.84 0.75 3,327 1,876 -1,451
New Hampshire 10,703 9,665 4,973   0.46 0.51 4,692 5,730 1,038
                   
New Jersey 47,311 74,952 42,814   0.90 0.57 32,138 4,497 -27,641
New Mexico 14,006 13,849 11,781   0.84 0.85 2,068 2,225 157
New York 151,418 145,443 116,195   0.77 0.80 29,248 35,223 5,975
North Carolina 70,797 65,702 57,385   0.81 0.87 8,317 13,412 5,095
North Dakota 7,443 4,842 3,680   0.49 0.76 1,162 3,763 2,601
                   
Ohio 84,313 77,791 66,016   0.78 0.85 11,775 18,297 6,522
Oklahoma 28,334 23,929 21,302   0.75 0.89 2,627 7,032 4,405
Oregon 22,631 18,858 14,774   0.65 0.78 4,084 7,857 3,773
Pennsylvania 101,538 85,937 69,151   0.68 0.80 16,786 32,387 15,601
Rhode Island 13,200 7,054 4,412   0.33 0.63 2,642 8,788 6,146
                   
South Carolina 36,904 30,642 27,154   0.74 0.89 3,488 9,750 6,262
South Dakota 7,299 5,722 4,347   0.60 0.76 1,375 2,952 1,577
Tennessee 48,022 46,153 39,047   0.81 0.85 7,106 8,975 1,869
Texas 178,980 190,086 167,542   0.94 0.88 22,544 11,438 -11,106
Utah 22,388 17,220 15,605   0.70 0.91 1,615 6,783 5,168
                   
Vermont 6,743 3,719 1,808   0.27 0.49 1,911 4,935 3,024
Virginia 63,938 60,624 49,432   0.77 0.82 11,192 14,506 3,314
Washington 34,423 35,830 27,062   0.79 0.76 8,768 7,361 -1,407
West Virginia 14,306 10,518 9,352   0.65 0.89 1,166 4,954 3,788
Wisconsin 41,357 38,682 30,573   0.74 0.79 8,109 10,784 2,675
Wyoming 3,736 3,228 2,408   0.64 0.75 820 1,328 508
                   
U.S. Service Academies 3,284 196 3 0.06 -196 3,088 3,284
State unknown4 8,197   8,197 -8,197
                   
Other jurisdictions 37,596 38,835 37,382   0.99 0.96 1,453 214 -1,239
American Samoa 316 357 316   1.00 0.89 41 0 -41
Federated States of
Micronesia
557 638 557   1.00 0.87 81 0 -81
Guam 655 801 617   0.94 0.77 184 38 -146
Marshall Islands 258 263 253   0.98 0.96 10 5 -5
Northern Marianas 250 317 250   1.00 0.79 67 0 -67
Palau 122 120 102   0.84 0.85 18 20 2
Puerto Rico 35,176 35,843 35,032   1.00 0.98 811 144 -667
U.S. Virgin Islands 262 496 255   0.97 0.51 241 7 -234
                   
Foreign countries 54,076   54,076 -54,076
Residence unknown 37   37 -37
†Not applicable.
1 Students residing in a particular state when admitted to an institution anywhere--either in their home state or another state.
2 Includes students coming to U.S. institutions from foreign countries and other jurisdictions.
3 Students whose residence is in the same state as the service academy.
4 Institution unable to determine student’s home state.
NOTE: Includes all first-time postsecondary students who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months and were enrolled at reporting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2019.)

2018 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest