Using national data, this study examined out-migration behavior of college graduates who attended in-state institutions in the United States. Unlike previous studies on the issue of student migration, in which researchers used a single equation approach, the present study employed a multi-level technique to assess the effects of factors from…

Shows how systems of regions within which interstate migration flows are relatively great can be determined using state-to-state college migration data. Measures of the strength of regional identities are computed, and comparisons are made between regional systems obtained when intrastate flows are taken into account and when they are not.…

A place-to-place migration pattern study shows patterns for first-time college students, especially freshmen, for each state and the District of Columbia in fall 1986. State-to-state matrix tables show patterns by sector (private and public). (Author/MSE)