Minnesota is losing more college students than it attracts, a troubling trend

Ellie Long is one that got away.

The 20-year-old from Falcon Heights headed south for school - way south, to Emory University in Atlanta - and is eyeing a move to New York or Chicago after graduation.

Every year, thousands more college students leave Minnesota than arrive, a Star Tribune analysis of U.S. census data shows. Boosters and business leaders warn that the losses could have major consequences for the state's workforce in the not-so-distant future.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-losing-more-college-students-than-it-attracts-a-troubling-economic-trend-worker-shortage/600294511/