The states where students are most and least likely to leave home for college, ranked

California has the lowest student migration rate in the US. Jacob Boomsma/Getty Images/iStockphoto Of 2.93 million first-time college students across the US, 19.1% enroll in out-of-state schools. California has the lowest rate of students enrolling out-of-state, while Vermont has the highest. Factors such as cost, degree programs, and campus life can lead students to enroll out-of-state. As summer's end nears, many young adults — and their soon-to-be-empty-nester parents — are starting to p...