<p>My 50-50 and 20-20 Lists</p>
<p>Interested in a state school but concerned about the geographic diversity? I have compiled a list of U.S. News Top-50 public universities where the chance is 50% or better that any two freshmen, such as a random pair of roommates, came from two different states. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education (2010 data).</p>
<p>Vermont 87%
Delaware 75%
Auburn 65%
Alabama 65%
Clemson 63%
Colorado 63%
New Hampshire 62%
Iowa 60%
William and Mary 59%
Wisconsin 58%
Michigan 58%
Penn State 57%
Colorado School of Mines 55%
Maryland 53%
Connecticut 53%
Purdue 53%
Iowa State 52%
Miami-Oxford, OH 52%
Georgia Tech 52%
Pittsburgh 52%
Indiana-Bloomington 51%
Minnesota 50%
Virginia Tech 50%</p>
<p>Although this figure is highly correlated with the OOS percentage, I think it's more interesting. For example, if most OOS students came from the same neighboring state, this figure would reveal a lower "geodiversity" than the OOS percentage would.</p>
<p>Note that the international student population, which is increasing dramatically at many schools, is not considered here.</p>
<p>On the other end of the spectrum, here is the 20-20 list: U.S. News Top-20 public universities where the said chance is BELOW 20%!</p>
<p>UC-Irvine 2%
UC-Davis 3%
UC-San Diego 7%
UC-Santa Barbara 7%
Texas A&M 7%
UC-Los Angeles 14%
Texas 16%
Illinois 17%</p>
<p>Finally, some notable schools that didn't make either list:</p>
<p>UC-Berkeley 29%
Virginia 47%
North Carolina 32%
Washington 30%
Ohio State 29%
Florida 9%
Georgia 22%
Rutgers 16%
Michigan State 20%
SUNY-Binghamton 27%
UC-Riverside 1%</p>