<p>Well Ohio State, the nation’s BIGGEST school by far, is also mostly in-state. Dont forget its also a financial situation. But to be fair, almost all colleges were primarily colloquial…recruiting from the local community. Indeed, many college’s derive their very name from the city or community where they were founded and only recently have they drawn nationally. Even Notre Dame was a local school at one time. </p>
<p>You also have to be fair as well with state size and the number of kids applying to college from that state. Many colleges are reaching out bigtime to out of state applicants, because it spreads their name around the country and they can draw a more competitive applicant pool. Call it clever marketing. </p>
<p>I also wonder how old that data is. IPEDS is often a year or two old in their data collection.</p>