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24 -age groups likely reflects many of the foreign students enrolled in Minnesota college and university settings. <br />Considering the approximately 13,600 annual international arrivals who are age 25 or older, they are most likely <br />to hold a bachelor's degree as their highest level of education (30%), while an additional I S% of them hold a <br />graduate or professional degree (see Figure 21). This likely reflects some of the international workers arriving in <br />Minnesota via the H -I B VISA program for highly skilled workers in certain occupations, for which a bachelor's <br />degree is typically a prerequisite". <br />Retention Of Out -Bound Residents <br />Policymakers and other leaders concerned with Minnesota's migration situation may find it easier to retain <br />current Minnesota residents than attract additional transplants (although this is a worthwhile pursuit as well). <br />Figure 22 shows recent leavers by age and by enrollment in college or graduate school (repeated from earlier in <br />this report), while Figure 23 shows recent leavers (who are not currently students in college or graduate <br />school) by age and household income (split into three equal groups among the entire Minnesota population). Of <br />interest, the greatest numbers of leavers who are in the top third of the income distribution are found in their <br />30s (about 5,400 leavers) and those 0-19 (5,600, presumably including many children of the first group, plus <br />college -bound teens from higher -income households). As noted before, about 29,000 students leave Minnesota <br />for higher education (with 8,000 fewer students entering our state for this reason). <br />Figure 22: Annual Leavers From Minnesota, By Age Group And Student Status, 2008-2012 <br />25,000 <br />20,000 <br />15,000 <br />10,000 ■ Undergrad or Graduate Student <br />5,000 ■ Not a Student <br />hQ \O\ \y N oryM yry9 Ooh y�9 O,A �A9 OyM �y9 ObA ��F O^p y^q O 0ya <br />'L 'Y '9 '9 P P P h h b b 1 A 0 <br />AGE <br />Source: IPUMS verxion .(U.S. Can,.z Rw,.'s 2808-2012Am H -n Community S.I.I. TaW.flone by MN Sine D,m ,hk Cencer. <br />Examining the racial background of out -migrants, we find that non -Hispanic Whites represent 79% of all those <br />leaving, followed by non -Hispanic Asian (7%) and non -Hispanic Black (0.) residents (see Figure 24). These <br />shares of leavers by race and ethnicity closely approximate the distribution in Minnesota's general population, <br />with the exceptions that non -Hispanic Whites are slightly less likely to leave than we might expect (given their <br />share of the general population, 83%), while non -Hispanic Asians are slightly more likely to leave than we might <br />expect (given their share of the general population, 4%). Other groups are leaving the state roughly <br />proportionally. <br />Page 119 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY2015 <br />