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Page | 17 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 <br />This raises the question: Across the U.S., <br />which states are magnets for arriving college <br />students? Figure 19 reveals that, relative to <br />population size, North Dakota emerges as the <br />strongest magnet for students raised in other <br />states (with the exception of the District of <br />Columbia). For every 1,000 people living in <br />North Dakota, 13 of them are college <br />students who graduated high school <br />elsewhere. For Minnesota, the comparable <br />figure is 4 students. Thus, improving our <br />attraction rate for college-bound students <br />raised outside of Minnesota’s boundaries is <br />another strategy that holds promise for <br />improving the eventual number of well- <br />educated labor force entrants in Minnesota. <br /> <br />To recap, while about 21,000 young adults <br />move to Minnesota each year to attend <br />college or graduate school, even greater <br />numbers of students (29,000) leave the state <br />each year. In fact, two-thirds of Minnesota’s <br />total statewide annual domestic net loss is due <br />to Minnesota students leaving for higher <br />education, and far fewer return in the post- <br />college years. Thus, retaining more of our <br />college-bound young adults at in-state <br />institutions as well as attracting additional <br />numbers from outside our borders may be <br />key strategies for Minnesota’s long-term <br />population retention and labor force <br />development. <br /> <br /> 13.0 <br /> 12.2 <br /> 11.8 <br /> 8.9 <br /> 8.4 <br /> 7.4 <br /> 6.9 <br /> 6.8 <br /> 6.6 <br /> 6.6 <br /> 6.3 <br /> 6.0 <br /> 6.0 <br /> 5.9 <br /> 5.6 <br /> 5.5 <br /> 5.3 <br /> 5.3 <br /> 5.0 <br /> 5.0 <br /> 5.0 <br /> 4.9 <br /> 4.7 <br /> 4.7 <br /> 4.7 <br /> 4.6 <br /> 4.5 <br /> 4.4 <br /> 4.1 <br /> 4.0 <br /> 4.0 <br /> 3.9 <br /> 3.8 <br /> 3.8 <br /> 3.8 <br /> 3.8 <br /> 3.8 <br /> 3.7 <br /> 3.7 <br /> 3.5 <br /> 3.4 <br /> 3.4 <br /> 3.2 <br /> 3.0 <br /> 2.6 <br /> 2.6 <br /> 2.3 <br /> 2.3 <br /> 2.0 <br /> 1.9 <br />North Dakota <br />Rhode Island <br />Vermont <br />Delaware <br />Wyoming <br />Utah <br />Idaho <br />Massachusetts <br />Montana <br />New Hampshire <br />Colorado <br />South Dakota <br />Alaska <br />Iowa <br />West Virginia <br />Hawaii <br />Maryland <br />Virginia <br />Kansas <br />Oregon <br />South Carolina <br />Maine <br />Connecticut <br />Pennsylvania <br />New Mexico <br />Nebraska <br />Arizona <br />Missouri <br />Alabama <br />North Carolina <br />Minnesota <br />Mississippi <br />Indiana <br />Oklahoma <br />Tennessee <br />Nevada <br />Wisconsin <br />Arkansas <br />Washington <br />New York <br />Georgia <br />Kentucky <br />Illinois <br />Ohio <br />Florida <br />Louisiana <br />Michigan <br />Texas <br />New Jersey <br />California <br />Figure 19: Annual Rate Of Students Arriving For College Or <br />Graduate School, Per 1,000 State Residents, By Receiving State, <br />2008-2012 <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. <br />Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center.