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Source : U . S . Department of Education TABLE 39
Import / Export Ratio of College-Bound High School Graduates ( Fall 2022 )
Imp / Exp Ratio (< 1 = Exporter , > 1 = Importer )
Migration Out of State
Into State
Freshmen in Institutions Inside State
Rank
Rank
1 Utah
4.56
3,004
13,696
37,138
27
2 Arizona
3.83
7,582
29,008
73,139
12
3 West Virginia
3.67
1,919
7,048
16,077
38
4 New Hampshire
3.65
4,958
18,093
23,025
35
5 Iowa
3.10
3,882
12,038
33,689
28
6 Rhode Island
3.05
2,935
8,962
14,865
41
7 North Dakota
2.81
1,507
4,230
8,375
47
8 Alabama
2.72
5,555
15,092
47,587
19
9 Mississippi
2.54
2,916
7,406
26,928
33
10 Indiana
2.51
8,345
20,947
63,902
14
11 Vermont
2.43
2,089
5,073
6,810
48
12 Arkansas
2.23
3,721
8,286
26,108
34
13 Montana
2.08
1,912
3,970
8,746
45
14 South Carolina
2.07
6,515
13,495
46,332
20
15 South Dakota
1.99
1,846
3,682
8,820
44
16 Kansas
1.84
4,756
8,729
28,544
32
17 Delaware
1.64
2,888
4,728
9,561
43
18 Idaho
1.63
3,795
6,197
15,626
40
19 Oregon
1.57
6,412
10,088
33,086
29
20 Maine
1.56
2,868
4,488
11,725
42
21 Tennessee
1.56
10,351
16,182
55,768
16
22 Pennsylvania
1.55
22,634
35,176
106,760
5
23 Wyoming
1.55
1,146
1,772
4,893
49
24 Oklahoma
1.52
4,851
7,384
30,817
30
25 Ohio
1.52
15,012
22,796
94,012
6
26 Kentucky
1.49
5,755
8,567
37,327
26
27 Wisconsin
1.47
9,448
13,880
49,451
18
28 North Carolina
1.46
12,276
17,886
83,663
8
29 Florida
1.45
21,793
31,537
153,364
4
30 Louisiana
1.39
5,868
8,169
39,133
25
31 Massachusetts
1.32
22,129
29,109
65,691
13
32 Virginia
1.22
16,045
19,522
78,383
10
33 Michigan
1.21
10,202
12,389
75,002
11
34 New York
1.19
36,967
44,063
168,650
3
35 Colorado
1.09
13,824
15,021
44,623
22
36 Missouri
1.06
10,636
11,308
45,212
21
37 Nebraska
1.06
4,411
4,654
17,932
36
38 New Mexico
0.91
3,044
2,775
15,999
39
39 California
0.88
46,041
40,554
363,439
1
40 Connecticut
0.82
14,528
11,867
30,769
31
41 Georgia
0.80
20,280
16,302
81,285
9
42 Hawaii
0.68
4,236
2,872
8,620
46
43 Washington
0.59
14,714
8,671
50,911
17
44 Minnesota
0.53
16,387
8,753
39,627
24
45 Illinois
0.51
35,844
18,369
91,456
7
46 Texas
0.51
38,282
19,538
240,809
2
47 Maryland
0.51
18,491
9,392
41,401
23
48 Nevada
0.33
5,104
1,705
16,244
37
49 New Jersey
0.20
34,867
6,914
61,001
15
50 Alaska
0.15
2,009
292
2,196
50
Dist . of Columbia
3.78
2,719
10,283
11,044
United States
1.16
574,581
666,574
2,749,449
Washington exports more college-bound high school graduates than it imports . In 2022 it ranked of 43nd in the ratio between imported and exported freshman students and it ranked 17th in the number of freshmen enrolled in the state .