Every two years, a U.S. Education Department survey of colleges and universities collects information about the migration of new full-time students, based on their states of residence when they apply. Use this interactive tool to see these movements in detail during a 16-year period for nearly 1,600 institutions.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Virginia
Indiana
North Carolina
Ohio
California
Illinois
Wisconsin
Alabama
Connecticut
Florida
South Carolina
Colorado
Rhode Island
Maryland
D.C.
Iowa
Missouri
Tennessee
Arizona
Minnesota
Utah
Georgia
Kentucky
Michigan
Oregon
New Hampshire
Texas
West Virginia
Louisiana
Washington
Vermont
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Mississippi
Delaware
North Dakota
New Jersey
Idaho
Maine
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
New Mexico
Hawaii
Nevada
Alaska
About this project
These figures come from the annual fall-enrollment survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (Ipeds). In each even-numbered year, colleges are required to report the total number of first-time, full-time students by their states of origin.
The data presented cover only domestic enrollments originating from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Students who applied from foreign countries and U.S. territories are not included.
These summary figures are only for colleges designated to be doctorate-granting, master’s, or baccalaureate institutions by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2008. The recent surge in distance-learning enrollments can skew state migration trends, so these state estimates do not include figures from private for-profit institutions with more than 1,000 new freshmen in 2008.
Also, because the 2010 data have not been through a final review, 2008 data are displayed instead.
