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Where Students Go: Postsecondary Student Migration In and Out of New Jersey

While 37% of New Jersey’s high school graduates that enroll in college full time leave the state to attend college, nearly 70% of those graduating from New Jersey’s colleges work in the state. Learn more from this report, which examines the postsecondary student migration rate historically, and the employment and earnings outcomes for those who graduate from New Jersey’s colleges and remain in state.