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Page | 15 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 <br /> <br /> A sizable share of Minnesota’s total net loss of residents to other states is explained by those who move away <br />for post-secondary school. While about 21,000 people move to Minnesota each year and then attend college or <br />graduate school, about 29,000 students leave the state for this reason each year (see Figure 16). Thus, fully two- <br />thirds of the Minnesota’s total net loss of 12,000 residents per year is attributable to college and graduate <br />students (see Figure 17). While some numbers of <br />these students return later in their lives as non- <br />students, the data suggest that the numbers returning <br />are far less than those exiting Minnesota during their <br />college years.11 <br />Indeed, the move to college or graduate school may <br />be temporary, with young people moving back home <br />after graduation; it may be an interim stop until they <br />move somewhere new after college; or the state <br />where students earn their degree may become the <br />place they remain for many years after graduating. <br />Higher educational institutions create many <br />opportunities to “anchor” former students near <br />them—through connections to internships and the <br />local job market, the establishment of friendships and <br />partners in the community, and the exposure to local <br />amenities or cultural offerings to which students may <br />grow attached. A share of our out-migrating young <br />adults return to Minnesota at some point. However, <br />for the sake of our future labor force, it is important <br />to understand the important role that higher our <br /> <br />11 Our data source only allows for cross-sectional analysis of age groups at single points in time, not longitudinal analysis of the migration of individual <br />students in and out of the state over a period of years. Additional research on this topic is warranted to uncover a clearer picture of the likelihood and <br />timing of young peoples’ return to Minnesota following out-migration. <br /> <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> <br />Figure 15: Annual Arrivals To Minnesota, By Age Group And Student Status, 2008-2012 <br /> <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. <br />Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> 80,000 <br /> 84,000 <br /> 21,000 <br /> 29,000 <br />Arrivals In MN <br />Leavers From <br />MN <br />Not a Student Undergrad or Graduate Student <br />Figure 16: People Moving To and From Minnesota Each <br />Year, By Student Status, 2008-2012