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educational institutions play in retaining young adults <br />and attracting new residents to the state. <br />The top destinations of Minnesota's out -migrating <br />students can all be reached on one tank of gas. The <br />majority of all Minnesota -leaving students (55%) are <br />attending college or graduate school at a state <br />contiguous with Minnesota (North Dakota, South <br />Dakota, Iowa or Wisconsin), while 6 in 10 of <br />Minnesota s out -bound students attend school one <br />of these states or Illinois. Wisconsin and North <br />Dakota receive the lion's share of our college -bound <br />exodus, or about 6,000 students annually apiece (see <br />Figure 18). The high likelihood that students who are <br />leaving are landing at Midwestern destinations <br />implies that climate is not likely the chief <br />consideration of these students and their families <br />when selecting school. It raises the question of <br />whether the colleges and universities at our <br />Midwestern peer states are more favorable than <br />Minnesota s higher education institutions on the <br />basis of cost or financial aid, as well as if selectivity <br />or other admissions -related factors may be responsible. <br />Figure 17: Minnesota's Domestic Net Losses Each Year, <br />By Student Status, 2008-2012 <br />n „menean a.nmmunu, a—sy. <br />Tabulations by MN State Demographic Cenwr. <br />Of course, a far greater number of Minnesota's high school graduates attend in-state colleges and universities <br />than these numbers who leave. But, because this report is concerned with migration, and Minnesota loses more <br />college -bound students than it gains from other states, attending to this outflow is necessary, as it is contracting <br />Minnesota's labor force pipeline at a time when we need it most. <br />Figure 18: Minnesota's Annual Out -Migrating College or Graduate Students, <br />By Most Common Destination States, 2008-2012 <br />6,200 51800 <br />2,600 <br />1,600 1,300 1,100 <br />700 600 600 600 600 600 Soo 500 <br />s�o 'p, .a0 os 00 c 6o <br />1s`h4OS!P < q`Jc <br />oc 0\o \o <e O �¢ot ,tf3 QSTo <br />G�o <br />s <br />m <br />Source- IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau's 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Tabulaulonv by MN Snee Demographic Cense, <br />Page 116 - � MISSTATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER Ve JANUARY2015 <br />