<p>I think it makes sense, as a general statement. Just based on reading this site I've pretty much come to the conclusion that what your parents are like is the biggest factor in where most students go to college. </p>
<p>But I also agree that breaking it up into entire states can be misleading. I grew up in one of the "good" states, but my town was absolutely nothing like what people think of as the typical NJ town...we get lots of out-of-town wisecrackers asking if they got lost on their way to Iowa because they surely cannot be in NJ - there are just too many cows! I'm sure there are hundreds of "better" affluent suburbs in the south where people get the added benefit of being seen as exceptional, because it is less expected.</p>