First-year undergraduate students are leaving California in growing numbers

Net migration   Outmigration   Inmigration  

Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
NOTES: Migration figures represent first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who graduated from high school in the past 12 months. Data is for all degree-granting institutions in the US.
FROM: PPIC Blog, November 2025.
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