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Table 203.Residence and migration of all freshmen students\1\ in institutions of higher education, by state: Fall 1994

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                       |            |Student residents of state | Ratio of students|
                       |  Students  |___________________________|  remaining to--  |   Migration of students
                       |enrolled in | Attending   |  Attending  |__________________|
                       |institutions| college in  | college in  |Students| Student |______________________________________
  State or other area  |  located   |any state\3\ |    home     |enrolled|residents|  Out of   |   Into    |       Net
                       |   in the   |             |  state\4\   |(col. 4/|(col. 4/ |(column 3 -|(column 2 -|   (column 8 -
                       |  state\2\  |             |             |col. 2) | col. 3) |column 4)  |column 4)  |    column 7)
_______________________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
           1           |     2      |      3      |      4      |   5    |    6    |     7     |     8     |        9
_______________________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
   United States ......|  2,111,310 |   2,074,870 |   1,746,637 |   0.83 |    0.84 |   328,233 |   364,673 |\5\    36,440
                       |____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
Alabama ...............|     41,542 |      36,857 |      34,230 |   0.82 |    0.93 |     2,627 |     7,312 |        4,685
Alaska ................|      1,761 |       2,988 |       1,487 |   0.84 |    0.50 |     1,501 |       274 |       (1,227)
Arizona ...............|     32,753 |      28,930 |      26,320 |   0.80 |    0.91 |     2,610 |     6,433 |        3,823
Arkansas ..............|     16,178 |      15,728 |      13,454 |   0.83 |    0.86 |     2,274 |     2,724 |          450
California ............|    255,308 |     254,428 |     235,856 |   0.92 |    0.93 |    18,572 |    19,452 |          880
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Colorado ..............|     32,113 |      29,359 |      24,109 |   0.75 |    0.82 |     5,250 |     8,004 |        2,754
Connecticut ...........|     21,524 |      25,887 |      14,699 |   0.68 |    0.57 |    11,188 |     6,825 |       (4,363)
Delaware ..............|      6,921 |       5,523 |       4,074 |   0.59 |    0.74 |     1,449 |     2,847 |        1,398
District of Columbia ..|      9,706 |       3,873 |       2,339 |   0.24 |    0.60 |     1,534 |     7,367 |        5,833
Florida ...............|     70,212 |      67,826 |      57,316 |   0.82 |    0.85 |    10,510 |    12,896 |        2,386
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Georgia ...............|     58,991 |      56,829 |      49,857 |   0.85 |    0.88 |     6,972 |     9,134 |        2,162
Hawaii ................|     10,279 |      10,314 |       8,320 |   0.81 |    0.81 |     1,994 |     1,959 |          (35)
Idaho .................|     10,646 |       9,770 |       7,738 |   0.73 |    0.79 |     2,032 |     2,908 |          876
Illinois ..............|    110,396 |     120,051 |     102,114 |   0.92 |    0.85 |    17,937 |     8,282 |       (9,655)
Indiana................|     48,059 |      42,524 |      37,023 |   0.77 |    0.87 |     5,501 |    11,036 |        5,535
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Iowa ..................|     35,229 |      31,425 |      27,737 |   0.79 |    0.88 |     3,688 |     7,492 |        3,804
Kansas ................|     24,641 |      22,760 |      20,340 |   0.83 |    0.89 |     2,420 |     4,301 |        1,881
Kentucky ..............|     28,604 |      27,210 |      24,091 |   0.84 |    0.89 |     3,119 |     4,513 |        1,394
Louisiana .............|     30,897 |      29,129 |      25,413 |   0.82 |    0.87 |     3,716 |     5,484 |        1,768
Maine .................|      8,102 |       9,325 |       5,893 |   0.73 |    0.63 |     3,432 |     2,209 |       (1,223)
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Maryland ..............|     32,734 |      35,441 |      24,962 |   0.76 |    0.70 |    10,479 |     7,772 |       (2,707)
Massachusetts .........|     65,768 |      55,975 |      42,892 |   0.65 |    0.77 |    13,083 |    22,876 |        9,793
Michigan ..............|     83,446 |      84,143 |      76,823 |   0.92 |    0.91 |     7,320 |     6,623 |         (697)
Minnesota .............|     37,991 |      38,095 |      29,384 |   0.77 |    0.77 |     8,711 |     8,607 |         (104)
Mississippi ...........|     25,862 |      24,510 |      22,349 |   0.86 |    0.91 |     2,161 |     3,513 |        1,352
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Missouri...............|     38,302 |      35,660 |      29,961 |   0.78 |    0.84 |     5,699 |     8,341 |        2,642
Montana ...............|      6,819 |       7,218 |       5,225 |   0.77 |    0.72 |     1,993 |     1,594 |         (399)
Nebraska ..............|     16,616 |      16,499 |      13,883 |   0.84 |    0.84 |     2,616 |     2,733 |          117
Nevada ................|      6,939 |       6,403 |       4,746 |   0.68 |    0.74 |     1,657 |     2,193 |          536
New Hampshire .........|     11,373 |       9,306 |       5,569 |   0.49 |    0.60 |     3,737 |     5,804 |        2,067
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
New Jersey ............|     43,063 |      63,725 |      39,376 |   0.91 |    0.62 |    24,349 |     3,687 |      (20,662)
New Mexico ............|     13,864 |      14,298 |      12,059 |   0.87 |    0.84 |     2,239 |     1,805 |         (434)
New York ..............|    155,799 |     157,630 |     131,641 |   0.84 |    0.84 |    25,989 |    24,158 |       (1,831)
North Carolina ........|     51,346 |      42,659 |      39,256 |   0.76 |    0.92 |     3,403 |    12,090 |        8,687
North Dakota ..........|      8,122 |       7,048 |       5,544 |   0.68 |    0.79 |     1,504 |     2,578 |        1,074
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Ohio ..................|     88,460 |      86,809 |      75,746 |   0.86 |    0.87 |    11,063 |    12,714 |        1,651
Oklahoma ..............|     29,345 |      28,797 |      26,032 |   0.89 |    0.90 |     2,765 |     3,313 |          548
Oregon ................|     23,321 |      21,992 |      18,209 |   0.78 |    0.83 |     3,783 |     5,112 |        1,329
Pennsylvania ..........|     97,982 |      91,568 |      76,826 |   0.78 |    0.84 |    14,742 |    21,156 |        6,414
Rhode Island ..........|     12,645 |       7,958 |       5,524 |   0.44 |    0.69 |     2,434 |     7,121 |        4,687
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
South Carolina ........|     28,532 |      26,626 |      23,547 |   0.83 |    0.88 |     3,079 |     4,985 |        1,906
South Dakota ..........|      6,600 |       6,038 |       4,543 |   0.69 |    0.75 |     1,495 |     2,057 |          562
Tennessee .............|     33,870 |      31,499 |      26,715 |   0.79 |    0.85 |     4,784 |     7,155 |        2,371
Texas .................|    127,166 |     124,774 |     114,927 |   0.90 |    0.92 |     9,847 |    12,239 |        2,392
Utah ..................|     24,383 |      19,396 |      18,096 |   0.74 |    0.93 |     1,300 |     6,287 |        4,987
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Vermont ...............|      6,132 |       4,628 |       2,603 |   0.42 |    0.56 |     2,025 |     3,529 |        1,504
Virginia ..............|     45,272 |      41,227 |      33,012 |   0.73 |    0.80 |     8,215 |    12,260 |        4,045
Washington ............|     68,604 |      65,507 |      60,346 |   0.88 |    0.92 |     5,161 |     8,258 |        3,097
West Virginia..........|     15,799 |      13,816 |      11,725 |   0.74 |    0.85 |     2,091 |     4,074 |        1,983
Wisconsin .............|     46,479 |      45,339 |      39,109 |   0.84 |    0.86 |     6,230 |     7,370 |        1,140
Wyoming ...............|      4,814 |       4,646 |       3,597 |   0.75 |    0.77 |     1,049 |     1,217 |          168
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
State unknown\6\.......|         ---|      24,904 |          ---|     ---|      ---|    24,904 |        ---|      (24,904)
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
   Outlying areas .....|     29,493 |      30,958 |      28,474 |   0.97 |    0.92 |     2,484 |     1,019 |       (1,465)
                       |____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
American Samoa ........|         ---|          53 |          ---|     ---|      ---|        53 |        ---|          (53)
Federated States of    |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|        410 |       1,322 |         409 |   1.00 |    0.31 |       913 |         1 |         (912)
Guam ..................|        956 |         191 |          14 |   0.01 |    0.07 |       177 |       942 |          765
Marshall Islands ......|         22 |          34 |          18 |   0.82 |    0.53 |        16 |         4 |          (12)
Northern Marianas .....|        440 |         450 |         440 |   1.00 |    0.98 |        10 |        ---|          (10)
Palau .................|         13 |          19 |          13 |   1.00 |    0.68 |         6 |        ---|           (6)
Puerto Rico ...........|     27,276 |      28,121 |      27,221 |   1.00 |    0.97 |       900 |        55 |         (845)
Virgin Islands ........|        376 |         768 |         359 |   0.95 |    0.47 |       409 |        17 |         (392)
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
Foreign countries .....|         ---|      34,975 |          ---|     ---|      ---|    34,975 |        ---|      (34,975)
_______________________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________    

\1\Students who are enrolled at the reporting institution for the first time.

\2\All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students.

\3\All students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state.

\4\Students who attend institutions in their home state.

\5\Includes students coming to U.S. colleges from foreign countries and the outlying areas.

\6\Students are reported in "state unknown" when an institution is unable to determine the student's home state.

---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data for U.S. Service Schools are included in state totals. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Residence of First-Time Students" survey, 1994. (This table was prepared October 1997.)



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