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Page | 16 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 <br />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 />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 /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 4,000 <br /> 8,000 <br />Not a Student Undergrad or Graduate Student <br />All net <br />domestic <br />leavers <br />= <br />12,000 <br />annually <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. <br />Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> <br />Figure 17: Minnesota's Domestic Net Losses Each Year, <br />By Student Status, 2008-2012 <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> <br />Figure 18: Minnesota's Annual Out-Migrating College or Graduate Students, <br />By Most Common Destination States, 2008-2012 <br />