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Source : U . S . Department of Education TABLE 39
Import / Export Ratio of College-Bound High School Graduates ( Fall 2020 )
Imp / Exp Ratio (< 1 = Exporter , > 1 = Importer )
Migration Out of State
Into State
Freshmen in Institutions Inside State
Rank
Rank
1 Utah
4.87
2,600
12,650
36,613
26
2 New Hampshire
4.20
4,601
19,306
25,252
34
3 West Virginia
4.13
1,718
7,089
16,811
37
4 Arizona
3.46
6,771
23,418
60,043
13
5 Iowa
3.18
3,406
10,838
32,541
28
6 Rhode Island
3.09
2,752
8,496
14,593
41
7 North Dakota
2.62
1,492
3,902
8,043
46
8 Alabama
2.51
5,193
13,025
43,184
20
9 Indiana
2.36
7,619
17,998
59,867
14
10 Vermont
2.30
1,853
4,266
6,132
48
11 Mississippi
2.07
2,742
5,669
25,463
33
12 Kansas
1.92
4,274
8,198
27,681
32
13 Idaho
1.90
3,319
6,311
15,382
39
14 Montana
1.88
1,607
3,017
7,795
47
15 South Dakota
1.87
1,639
3,064
8,060
45
16 Ohio
1.84
13,817
25,464
96,576
6
17 South Carolina
1.84
5,740
10,566
41,317
22
18 Oklahoma
1.78
4,133
7,349
32,224
29
19 Pennsylvania
1.63
19,905
32,418
105,386
5
20 Kentucky
1.55
5,034
7,794
35,624
27
21 Arkansas
1.54
3,586
5,509
23,812
35
22 Maine
1.49
2,644
3,933
10,631
42
23 Oregon
1.46
5,444
7,936
28,134
31
24 Wyoming
1.43
1,044
1,497
4,603
49
25 Nebraska
1.40
3,130
4,394
18,006
36
26 Wisconsin
1.39
8,677
12,048
47,662
17
27 Delaware
1.37
2,699
3,710
8,750
43
28 Louisiana
1.34
5,087
6,821
38,577
25
29 North Carolina
1.32
11,478
15,155
81,625
9
30 Tennessee
1.30
9,218
12,025
52,941
16
31 Massachusetts
1.28
20,239
25,973
63,403
12
32 Florida
1.22
19,913
24,347
141,207
4
33 Virginia
1.22
13,977
16,997
73,716
11
34 Missouri
1.21
9,195
11,168
45,810
18
35 New York
1.20
32,712
39,272
168,769
3
36 Colorado
1.19
11,385
13,530
43,199
19
37 Michigan
1.10
9,428
10,408
73,869
10
38 New Mexico
0.84
2,897
2,446
14,652
40
39 California
0.83
42,669
35,612
332,126
1
40 Connecticut
0.82
13,958
11,454
30,349
30
41 Georgia
0.79
17,368
13,798
83,076
8
42 Washington
0.60
12,380
7,489
42,843
21
43 Hawaii
0.60
3,810
2,281
8,157
44
44 Minnesota
0.57
14,461
8,171
39,320
24
45 Maryland
0.49
17,051
8,293
40,065
23
46 Texas
0.46
32,605
14,858
218,202
2
47 Illinois
0.45
33,543
14,994
83,662
7
48 Nevada
0.39
4,671
1,837
15,647
38
49 New Jersey
0.17
33,066
5,510
56,010
15
50 Alaska
0.09
1,949
185
2,258
50
Dist . of Columbia
3.56
2,488
8,847
9,493
United States
1.16
502,987 581,336
2,599,161
Washington exports more college-bound high school graduates than it imports . In 2020 it ranked 42nd in the ratio between imported and exported freshman students and it ranked 21st in the number of freshmen enrolled in the state .