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States — Where Graduates Go to College

65 states and territories ranked by total outbound first-time freshmen

# State ↕ Total Freshmen ↓ In-State % ↕ Out-of-State % ↕ 4-Year % ↕ 2-Year % ↕ Dest Colleges ↕
1 99 4,894,490 0% 100% 72% 26% 5599
2 58 4,718,217 0% 100% 72% 26% 5483
3 California 613,338 87% 13% 57% 41% 2196
4 Texas 429,239 86% 14% 79% 19% 2102
5 New York 309,723 80% 20% 71% 27% 1760
6 Florida 265,056 87% 13% 90% 5% 2095
7 Illinois 189,690 66% 34% 67% 31% 1682
8 Pennsylvania 175,044 79% 21% 77% 21% 1664
9 Ohio 162,282 85% 15% 83% 14% 1594
10 New Jersey 160,172 60% 40% 72% 25% 1437
11 Georgia 157,620 80% 20% 84% 15% 1561
12 North Carolina 143,254 86% 14% 64% 35% 1398
13 Michigan 137,437 88% 12% 71% 27% 1319
14 Virginia 130,471 80% 20% 67% 33% 1468
15 Massachusetts 110,220 65% 35% 81% 17% 1111
16 90 100,100 0% 100% 90% 10% 1772
17 Tennessee 98,037 83% 17% 61% 37% 1206
18 Indiana 92,394 85% 15% 80% 18% 1185
19 Maryland 90,498 64% 36% 64% 34% 1366
20 Minnesota 85,820 68% 32% 70% 29% 1090
21 Washington 82,617 73% 27% 94% 5% 1193
22 Missouri 82,455 80% 20% 71% 27% 1205
23 Wisconsin 79,751 79% 21% 78% 21% 1113
24 Arizona 79,143 85% 15% 69% 27% 1247
25 Colorado 76,407 73% 27% 89% 7% 1388
26 Louisiana 68,356 87% 13% 72% 25% 992
27 South Carolina 66,964 85% 15% 65% 34% 1029
28 Alabama 65,107 86% 14% 62% 37% 943
29 89 64,714 0% 100% 85% 7% 685
30 Connecticut 64,362 58% 42% 74% 23% 1058
31 Kentucky 61,226 86% 14% 69% 30% 908
32 Oklahoma 59,940 88% 12% 54% 40% 885
33 Puerto Rico 57,236 96% 4% 84% 7% 512
34 Utah 51,227 91% 9% 75% 12% 677
35 Iowa 47,617 87% 13% 54% 46% 731
36 Oregon 45,511 78% 22% 64% 35% 856
37 Kansas 44,750 82% 18% 58% 40% 852
38 Mississippi 43,253 89% 11% 36% 60% 669
39 Arkansas 41,356 85% 15% 65% 33% 779
40 Nevada 33,745 76% 24% 90% 6% 910
41 Nebraska 31,494 82% 18% 70% 30% 664
42 New Mexico 27,597 82% 18% 51% 47% 687
43 57 23,581 0% 100% 65% 35% 704
44 Idaho 22,415 74% 26% 76% 21% 632
45 West Virginia 21,733 86% 14% 74% 24% 571
46 New Hampshire 19,622 55% 45% 78% 20% 736
47 Hawaii 17,420 60% 40% 67% 33% 703
48 Maine 17,369 72% 28% 71% 26% 603
49 Rhode Island 17,154 70% 30% 62% 35% 539
50 Delaware 14,388 65% 35% 94% 2% 626
51 South Dakota 12,271 76% 24% 75% 25% 422
52 Montana 11,707 76% 24% 80% 19% 496
53 98 11,494 0% 100% 52% 32% 997
54 North Dakota 10,360 75% 25% 77% 22% 360
55 Wyoming 7,293 74% 26% 71% 28% 369
56 Vermont 6,910 49% 51% 81% 17% 512
57 Alaska 6,869 52% 48% 87% 11% 603
58 DC 5,952 23% 77% 85% 8% 499
59 Guam 2,088 85% 15% 99% 1% 106
60 US Virgin Islands 1,513 31% 69% 91% 6% 141
61 64 1,443 91% 9% 100% 0% 9
62 American Samoa 741 89% 11% 99% 1% 29
63 68 724 100% 0% 100% 0% 2
64 N. Mariana Islands 618 78% 22% 99% 1% 35
65 70 351 97% 3% 2% 98% 7