The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the Fall 1987 term are presented. All credit course students and all institutions of the SUNY system are included. This first of three volumes presents three distinct types of summaries using the individual institution as the unit of analysis. It provides a map of SUNY institutions and a chronology of their dates of establishment. The student and institutional data elements entering into this report are: student level; student load; student history; permanent residence; county of location; New York State Planning Region; and contiguous counties. Part I's summary tables look at student sources by level and institution (all students and new undergraduates only). Part II focuses on institutions by geographic origins of all students by county, state, and country; university centers; university colleges; health science centers; specialized colleges; statutory colleges; colleges of technology/agriculture; and community colleges. The appendix provides data on region and contiguous counties. A publications list of the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research is included. Volumes II and III include reports displaying credit course students by origin and enrollment trends. (SM)