NJ is losing students, but the stats in #306 are not correct. The 4,299 quoted are the number of students from other states that come to college in NJ. Overall, there are 29,875 first year students in NJ institutions (column 2). There were 57,262 first time students (column 3) graduating HS in NJ and of these, 25,576 went in-state (column 4). Thus, of the available seats in NJ, 86% were from NJ and 4,299 were from OOS. However, 45% of NJ grads went out of state. Some of that is kids wanting to leave, but some is due to somewhat limited choices. There just aren’t enough seats in NJ for graduates. Many kids in NJ would be thrilled to get into Rutgers New Brunswick.