Freshman Home State by Institution Data

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Description

This dataset shows the origin of freshman college students by institution and state of origin. Areas include all states and US Territories. All freshmen from foreign countries are pooled in one 'Foreign countries' category. 'Unknown' and 'Residence not reported' categories are included as well. The data is available from 2003 through the most current year available.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

Which institution has the most freshmen migrating from New York?
Where do freshmen from Nebraska go?
Is UC-Berkeley's percent of foreign freshmen increasing over time?
What percent of freshmen from Idaho are enrolled at an in-state institution?

Metrics

Enrollments: The number of freshman students enrolled at the institution(s) selected from the state(s) selected

Filters

Institution
Area (States, US Territories)
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.us.Enrollments.Migration`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Enrollments.Migration/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Enrollments.Migration/2025.4

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2003"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2004"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2005"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2006"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2007"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2008"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2009"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2010"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2011"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2012"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2013"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2014"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2015"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2016"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2017"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2018"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2019"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2020"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2021"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2022"
},
{
  "name": "Enrollments.2023"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Unit",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "0"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "MigrationState",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2",
     "0"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2003",
"name": "Enrollments.Migration",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "Enrollments.Migration",
"maxYearInclusive": "2023",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset shows the origin of freshman college students by institution and state of origin. Areas include all states and US Territories. All freshmen from foreign countries are pooled in one 'Foreign countries' category. 'Unknown' and 'Residence not reported' categories are included as well. The data is available from 2003 through the most current year available.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* Which institution has the most freshmen migrating from New York?\n* Where do freshmen from Nebraska go?\n* Is UC-Berkeley's percent of foreign freshmen increasing over time?\n* What percent of freshmen from Idaho are enrolled at an in-state institution?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Enrollments: The number of freshman students enrolled at the institution(s) selected from the state(s) selected\n\n# Filters\n\n* Institution\n* Area (States, US Territories)\n* Year\n",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US Freshman Home State by Institution",
"currentYear": "2023",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-25 19:43:33.798554Z",
"datarun": "2025.4"
}

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