ERIC ED536123: Interstate Mobility. Snapshot Report, Spring 2012

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by  ERIC

Snapshot
TM
REPORT
INTERSTATE MOBILITY
With data current through Summer 2011
Crossing State Lines
to Graduate Interstate Mobility of Students Awarded an Undergraduate Degree in 2010-11*
On average, 15.1 percent of all
WA
U.S. postsecondary students 15%
ME
who received undergraduate MT ND 20%
24% 32%
degrees in 2010-11 had OR VT
previously attended college 22% 1M6%N 29%NH
ID 23%
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at right, for each state and IA PA 23%
territory, the National Student 2N5V% 2N1%E 33% OH 13% 1N5%J
Clearinghouse Research Center 2U2T% 13IL% 1I8N% 12% 2D6E%
CA CO WV MD
hofa su niddeenrgtirfiaeddu athtee dpeegrcreeen tage 8% 20% 1K8S% 2M4%O 1K4Y% 22% 1V7A% 4D0C%17%
completers in the 2010-11 NC
TN 13%
academic year who had prior AZ OK 18%
22% NM 19% AR SC
enrollments† in at least one 17% 15% 16% Percentage of degree
other state or territory. The AL GA completions with prior
MS 37% 12%
median per state/territory 12% enrollments in at least
one other state/territory†.
was 18.4 percent. TX LA
10% 14%
PR 30% or higher
The 2010-11 Undergraduate 3A4K% 4% FL
12%
Interstate Mobility Index with 20% - 29%
individual state and territory
HI
information is available at 24% 10% - 19%
www.studentclearinghouse.
0% - 9%
org/snapshot.
*Students were counted once in each state where they earned a degree between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011. Students with any enrollments or degrees from single institutions
that span multiple states were excluded from this analysis.
†Includes any enrollment status or degree completion that occurred on or before the 2010-11 graduation date.
Note: Data for this report came from student-level college enrollment and degree data provided to the National Student Clearinghouse by its participating institutions and reflect national
coverage of 93 percent of student enrollments and 80 percent of degrees.
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