COMPARATIVE ENROLLMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FOR THE YEARS 1920 AND 1928 BY MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST.

AGRICULTURE 1920

UNDERGRADUATES

13,697

11,347

1928

ENGINEERING 1920

1928

20,408

29,530

15,268

30,069

57,060

11,539

Residence and Migration of Land-Grant Students

Of the 153,494 students attending land-grant institutions in 192728, 84.6 per cent are enrolled within their own State and 15.4 per cent attend institutions outside of their own State. Of the 129,782 students attending institutions within their own State, 67.8 per cent are men and 32.2 per cent are women. Seventy-two per cent of the 23,712 students enrolled outside of their own State were men and 28 per cent women.

Twenty-five States in 1927-28 enrolled more nonresident students. in their land-grant institutions than left these States to attend land-grant institutions in other States. The five States receiving the greatest number of students from without the State are: Wisconsin, 2,847; Illinois, 2,060; New York, 2,013; Minnesota, 1,902; and Massachusetts, 1,363.

The five States losing the greatest number of students to landgrant institutions in other States are: Illinois, 2,003; New York, 1,444; Pennsylvania, 1,317; California, 1,152; and Iowa, 965.

Four of the Southern States gain more than they lose-Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee. (See Tables 18 and 19.)