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Table 205.Residence and migration of all freshmen students\1\ in 4-year colleges graduating from high school in the past 12 months, 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 ......|    963,335 |     942,240 |     691,313 |   0.72 |    0.73 |   250,927 |   272,022 |\5\    21,095
                       |____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
Alabama ...............|     16,883 |      13,016 |      11,044 |   0.65 |    0.85 |     1,972 |     5,839 |        3,867
Alaska ................|      1,193 |       2,117 |         992 |   0.83 |    0.47 |     1,125 |       201 |         (924)
Arizona ...............|     10,937 |       8,563 |       6,668 |   0.61 |    0.78 |     1,895 |     4,269 |        2,374
Arkansas ..............|     10,423 |       9,957 |       8,570 |   0.82 |    0.86 |     1,387 |     1,853 |          466
California ............|     63,217 |      67,247 |      52,260 |   0.83 |    0.78 |    14,987 |    10,957 |       (4,030)
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Colorado ..............|     15,068 |      14,204 |       9,943 |   0.66 |    0.70 |     4,261 |     5,125 |          864
Connecticut ...........|     12,193 |      16,205 |       6,286 |   0.52 |    0.39 |     9,919 |     5,907 |       (4,012)
Delaware ..............|      4,581 |       3,227 |       1,961 |   0.43 |    0.61 |     1,266 |     2,620 |        1,354
District of Columbia ..|      8,476 |       2,979 |       1,758 |   0.21 |    0.59 |     1,221 |     6,718 |        5,497
Florida ...............|     26,950 |      27,526 |      19,007 |   0.71 |    0.69 |     8,519 |     7,943 |         (576)
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Georgia ...............|     26,954 |      25,554 |      19,945 |   0.74 |    0.78 |     5,609 |     7,009 |        1,400
Hawaii ................|      2,877 |       3,792 |       2,177 |   0.76 |    0.57 |     1,615 |       700 |         (915)
Idaho .................|      3,747 |       4,440 |       2,971 |   0.79 |    0.67 |     1,469 |       776 |         (693)
Illinois ..............|     35,655 |      44,602 |      29,500 |   0.83 |    0.66 |    15,102 |     6,155 |       (8,947)
Indiana................|     33,419 |      28,056 |      24,061 |   0.72 |    0.86 |     3,995 |     9,358 |        5,363
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Iowa ..................|     15,336 |      12,580 |       9,576 |   0.62 |    0.76 |     3,004 |     5,760 |        2,756
Kansas ................|     10,997 |      10,276 |       8,359 |   0.76 |    0.81 |     1,917 |     2,638 |          721
Kentucky ..............|     15,811 |      14,411 |      12,222 |   0.77 |    0.85 |     2,189 |     3,589 |        1,400
Louisiana .............|     21,760 |      19,651 |      16,828 |   0.77 |    0.86 |     2,823 |     4,932 |        2,109
Maine .................|      5,003 |       5,847 |       3,004 |   0.60 |    0.51 |     2,843 |     1,999 |         (844)
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Maryland ..............|     14,022 |      17,114 |       7,937 |   0.57 |    0.46 |     9,177 |     6,085 |       (3,092)
Massachusetts .........|     36,548 |      28,893 |      17,493 |   0.48 |    0.61 |    11,400 |    19,055 |        7,655
Michigan ..............|     37,214 |      37,394 |      31,792 |   0.85 |    0.85 |     5,602 |     5,422 |         (180)
Minnesota .............|     18,162 |      19,542 |      12,517 |   0.69 |    0.64 |     7,025 |     5,645 |       (1,380)
Mississippi ...........|      8,416 |       7,543 |       5,789 |   0.69 |    0.77 |     1,754 |     2,627 |          873
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Missouri...............|     22,449 |      20,591 |      16,264 |   0.72 |    0.79 |     4,327 |     6,185 |        1,858
Montana ...............|      4,402 |       4,342 |       3,116 |   0.71 |    0.72 |     1,226 |     1,286 |           60
Nebraska ..............|      9,035 |       8,898 |       6,900 |   0.76 |    0.78 |     1,998 |     2,135 |          137
Nevada ................|      2,552 |       2,927 |       1,811 |   0.71 |    0.62 |     1,116 |       741 |         (375)
New Hampshire .........|      6,713 |       5,203 |       2,440 |   0.36 |    0.47 |     2,763 |     4,273 |        1,510
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
New Jersey ............|     17,446 |      36,512 |      14,695 |   0.84 |    0.40 |    21,817 |     2,751 |      (19,066)
New Mexico ............|      4,520 |       5,120 |       3,596 |   0.80 |    0.70 |     1,524 |       924 |         (600)
New York ..............|     75,455 |      79,606 |      56,756 |   0.75 |    0.71 |    22,850 |    18,699 |       (4,151)
North Carolina ........|     32,053 |      23,766 |      21,358 |   0.67 |    0.90 |     2,408 |    10,695 |        8,287
North Dakota ..........|      4,588 |       3,628 |       2,669 |   0.58 |    0.74 |       959 |     1,919 |          960
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Ohio ..................|     48,165 |      48,105 |      38,967 |   0.81 |    0.81 |     9,138 |     9,198 |           60
Oklahoma ..............|     10,638 |      10,517 |       8,679 |   0.82 |    0.83 |     1,838 |     1,959 |          121
Oregon ................|      9,892 |       9,594 |       6,509 |   0.66 |    0.68 |     3,085 |     3,383 |          298
Pennsylvania ..........|     61,040 |      54,695 |      42,322 |   0.69 |    0.77 |    12,373 |    18,718 |        6,345
Rhode Island ..........|      8,598 |       4,135 |       2,138 |   0.25 |    0.52 |     1,997 |     6,460 |        4,463
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
South Carolina ........|     14,733 |      12,981 |      10,514 |   0.71 |    0.81 |     2,467 |     4,219 |        1,752
South Dakota ..........|      4,773 |       4,145 |       3,056 |   0.64 |    0.74 |     1,089 |     1,717 |          628
Tennessee .............|     18,803 |      16,587 |      12,709 |   0.68 |    0.77 |     3,878 |     6,094 |        2,216
Texas .................|     55,610 |      56,431 |      48,543 |   0.87 |    0.86 |     7,888 |     7,067 |         (821)
Utah ..................|     14,476 |       9,965 |       9,390 |   0.65 |    0.94 |       575 |     5,086 |        4,511
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
Vermont ...............|      4,688 |       3,076 |       1,484 |   0.32 |    0.48 |     1,592 |     3,204 |        1,612
Virginia ..............|     28,864 |      25,405 |      18,525 |   0.64 |    0.73 |     6,880 |    10,339 |        3,459
Washington ............|     13,371 |      13,789 |      10,031 |   0.75 |    0.73 |     3,758 |     3,340 |         (418)
West Virginia..........|     11,040 |       9,001 |       7,642 |   0.69 |    0.85 |     1,359 |     3,398 |        2,039
Wisconsin .............|     22,343 |      22,676 |      17,770 |   0.80 |    0.78 |     4,906 |     4,573 |         (333)
Wyoming ...............|      1,246 |       1,478 |         769 |   0.62 |    0.52 |       709 |       477 |         (232)
                       |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
State unknown\6\.......|         ---|       4,331 |          ---|     ---|      ---|     4,331 |        ---|       (4,331)
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
   Outlying areas .....|     20,456 |      21,510 |      20,241 |   0.99 |    0.94 |     1,269 |       215 |       (1,054)
                       |____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________
American Samoa ........|         ---|          30 |          ---|     ---|      ---|        30 |        ---|          (30)
Federated States of    |            |             |             |        |         |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|         ---|         109 |          ---|     ---|      ---|       109 |        ---|         (109)
Guam ..................|        169 |         146 |          ---|     ---|      ---|       146 |       169 |           23
Marshall Islands ......|         ---|          10 |          ---|     ---|      ---|        10 |        ---|          (10)
Northern Marianas .....|         ---|           3 |          ---|     ---|      ---|         3 |        ---|           (3)
Palau .................|         ---|           2 |          ---|     ---|      ---|         2 |        ---|           (2)
Puerto Rico ...........|     20,005 |      20,682 |      19,965 |   1.00 |    0.97 |       717 |        40 |         (677)
Virgin Islands ........|        282 |         528 |         276 |   0.98 |    0.52 |       252 |         6 |         (246)
                       |============|=============|=============|========|=========|===========|===========|==============
Foreign countries .....|         ---|      20,041 |          ---|     ---|      ---|    20,041 |        ---|      (20,041)
_______________________|____________|_____________|_____________|________|_________|___________|___________|______________    

\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 first 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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