Residence and migration of all freshman students in degree-granting institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1992 and 2008

NCES 2012-026
December 2011

Youth Indicators 2011
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Table 17a.	Residence and migration of all freshman students in degree-granting institutions who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1992 and 2008

State or jurisdiction	Total freshman enrollment in institutions located in the state		Total state residents enrolled in institutions in any state		Total state residents enrolled in institutions in-state		Percent in-state retention
State or jurisdiction	Fall 1992	Fall 2008	Fall 1992	Fall 2008	Fall 1992	Fall 2008	Fall 1992	Fall 2008
United States¹	2,066,058	3,024,723	2,028,759	2,963,570	1,718,436	2,418,035	84.7	81.6
Alabama	42,234	51,456	36,912	42,596	34,298	37,581	92.9	88.2
Alaska	2,480	3,193	3,474	5,109	2,127	2,900	61.2	56.8
Arizona	30,438	89,486	27,236	50,385	24,996	45,621	91.8	90.5
Arkansas	18,364	26,838	17,751	25,071	15,341	21,760	86.4	86.8
California	213,910	433,287	211,656	422,773	196,614	393,120	92.9	93.0
Colorado	34,082	54,978	30,340	48,384	25,586	39,436	84.3	81.5
Connecticut	22,769	30,754	27,631	36,886	16,374	21,200	59.3	57.5
Delaware	7,227	9,231	5,832	7,881	4,334	5,423	74.3	68.8
District of Columbia	8,427	13,734	2,573	3,967	1,211	915	47.1	23.1
Florida	70,565	153,189	67,769	143,069	57,423	125,023	84.7	87.4
Georgia	52,148	86,199	51,377	91,194	43,780	74,153	85.2	81.3
Hawaii	9,445	9,668	9,644	11,348	7,874	7,878	81.6	69.4
Idaho	10,960	12,057	9,339	11,978	7,395	8,387	79.2	70.0
Illinois	114,044	119,139	122,220	122,184	105,034	92,908	85.9	76.0
Indiana	49,304	73,439	43,916	65,116	38,478	56,900	87.6	87.4
Iowa	36,538	44,777	32,517	30,579	28,825	26,274	88.6	85.9
Kansas	25,453	29,593	23,111	27,498	20,742	23,041	89.7	83.8
Kentucky	29,114	40,207	27,271	38,053	24,356	32,791	89.3	86.2
Louisiana	31,810	38,473	30,176	37,390	26,831	32,786	88.9	87.7
Maine	8,765	12,142	10,059	12,465	6,532	8,733	64.9	70.1
Maryland	33,288	47,770	36,314	58,421	26,124	38,234	71.9	65.4
Massachusetts	59,460	75,530	51,008	67,903	37,880	47,699	74.3	70.2
Michigan	87,772	96,416	88,771	100,432	81,831	88,272	92.2	87.9
Minnesota	41,718	55,023	42,336	58,383	34,113	44,137	80.6	75.6
Mississippi	24,848	33,578	23,178	32,647	21,230	28,841	91.6	88.3
Missouri	38,821	57,833	36,375	56,087	30,828	46,447	84.8	82.8
Montana	6,413	8,520	6,636	8,349	4,873	6,351	73.4	76.1
Nebraska	16,156	18,109	16,193	17,878	13,569	14,641	83.8	81.9
Nevada	4,521	18,536	5,126	20,260	3,650	16,726	71.2	82.6
New Hampshire	11,297	13,056	9,308	13,257	5,863	7,045	63.0	53.1
New Jersey	44,611	65,959	64,431	96,826	41,016	60,691	63.7	62.7
New Mexico	11,419	19,569	11,734	19,024	9,722	15,982	82.9	84.0
New York	153,852	193,929	157,069	190,660	132,243	156,091	84.2	81.9
North Carolina	55,013	88,596	45,935	83,364	42,947	72,436	93.5	86.9
North Dakota	8,684	8,733	7,100	6,622	5,812	4,828	81.9	72.9
Ohio	91,169	108,929	89,456	113,638	78,698	93,980	88.0	82.7
Oklahoma	30,050	33,339	29,706	30,624	26,979	26,499	90.8	86.5
Oregon	22,733	33,748	21,353	31,189	18,193	25,759	85.2	82.6
Pennsylvania	100,964	143,938	94,435	127,454	79,950	105,349	84.7	82.7
Rhode Island	12,813	16,543	8,046	10,341	5,743	7,244	71.4	70.1
South Carolina	20,906	43,405	19,733	38,907	16,808	33,698	85.2	86.6
South Dakota	6,398	8,920	5,998	8,175	4,529	6,164	75.5	75.4
Tennessee	34,622	53,671	32,909	53,285	28,040	44,177	85.2	82.9
Texas	124,246	199,333	123,208	210,694	114,300	184,051	92.8	87.4
Utah	23,536	30,331	18,931	24,545	17,726	22,382	93.6	91.2
Vermont	6,274	7,744	4,478	5,363	2,707	2,529	60.5	47.2
Virginia	44,683	81,742	40,877	77,797	32,505	62,966	79.5	80.9
Washington	64,913	41,221	62,565	44,245	57,843	34,466	92.5	77.9
West Virginia	16,941	19,954	15,003	14,253	12,745	12,076	84.9	84.7
Wisconsin	46,043	58,310	44,993	57,970	38,734	47,678	86.1	82.2
Wyoming	3,817	6,241	4,258	4,608	3,084	3,445	72.4	74.8

¹ Includes students whose home state was unable to be determined by the institution. The Fall 2008 United States data also include students attending U.S. Service Academies who are not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992 and 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Residence of First-Time Students" survey, 1992, and Spring 2009.