The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residences, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1979 term are presented. The report includes all credit course students and all institutions of the SUNY system. Student data elements include student level, student load, and permanent residence. Institutional data elements contain institutional location (for state-operated/funded institutions, the county of location; and for community colleges, the sponsorship area). Part I (tables 1 through 3) contains summary data for the complete state university system. Part II (tables 4 through 76) contains tables for each institution, which display the institution's enrollment by student level, load, and permanent residence. In addition, Part II contains summary tables for institutional types. Part III (tables 77 through 139) contains separate tables for each county and a table listing the permanent residences of students from outside of New York State. Part IV (table 140) contains a trend table for 1959 through 1979. Data are provided by individual institution and institutional type regarding the percent of full-time students who come from the institution's area of location, from New York State but outside the area of location, from the United States but outside of New York, and from a foreign country. A map of SUNY institutions and a chronology of their dates of establishment are included. Part VI contains a publications list. (Author/LC)