PIP: This paper examines the educational attainment and occupational status of migrants in Beijing, China. Data come from a sample survey of 5598 migrants and nonmigrants conducted in 1982. Migrants are further subdivided into return migrants, direct migrants, and round-about migrants. The proportion of illiterates is greater for migrants than for nonmigrants; the proportion of university graduates is 4 times greater for migrants than for nonmigrants. In order of their university graduate rates from high to low, these groups are listed as follows: round-about migrants, return migrants, direct migrants, and nonmigrants. Round-about migrants make up 30.2% of the total migrants; the educational attainment of these migrants plays an important role in the relatively large proportion of university graduates among migrants. In general, the greater the distance of migration, the greater the proportion of university graduates is. Of the total professionals and cadres, over 75% are migrants while less than 25% are nonmigrants. 50% of the workers and attendants are migrants. The proportion of professionals and cadres of round-about migrants is greater than that of direct migrants. The educational level of migrants is higher than that of nonmigrants. The educational level of migrants who migrate more often is higher than that of migrants who move less often. The educational level is higher among long distance than short distance migrants. Migrants account for 80% of the population with a university education. The proportion of workers and attendants in migrants is smaller than that in nonmigrants. In those years when planned migration took place, migrants had a higher population quality as shown by a high percentage of population working, a low dependency ratio, a high educational level, a large number of people engaged in complicated labor, and a road source of migrants.