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Table 11: New Transfer Students Profile, Fall 2005 to Fall 2010

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
                                                                                                            N= 1,460 1,588 1,521 1,447 1,564 1,626
% % % % % %
Race/Ethnicity Imputed        
Asian or Pacific Islander 16.9 19.3 17.2 21.8 21.3 20.0
Black 16.0 15.1 11.5 12.9 14.2 14.9
Hispanic 18.2 19.3 21.3 21.0 18.3 19.9
White 48.6 46.0 49.7 43.9 46.0 45.0
         
% Women 70.1 69.4 68.9 67.8 69.3 69.3
         
Age          
<21 23.6 23.5 24.4 24.8 29.9 25.5
21-22 22.8 22.5 24.3 23.7 20.5 22.1
23-24 14.7 15.4 14.6 15.1 12.8 16.1
25-29 21.8 20.0 19.3 20.2 21.5 19.7
30+ 17.2 18.6 17.4 16.2 15.4 16.7
Average 25.0 25.3 25.1 24.8 24.5 24.8
         
Residence          
New York City Total 81.3 80.5 75.9 78.7 78.3 78.1
Queens 26.0 25.1 26.8 25.6 27.2 25.3
Brooklyn 23.8 23.8 20.8 25.6 22.9 24.0
Manhattan 21.0 20.8 18.2 17.6 17.3 17.7
Staten Island 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.3
Bronx 8.1 8.9 8.2 8.1 8.6 8.8
       
Other NY 11.9 11.9 16.6 14.1 14.8 14.6
Nassau 4.1 3.0 3.9 3.7 4.5 4.3
Westchester 2.3 3.0 2.0 3.3 2.7 3.1
Suffolk 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.8
Other NY Counties 3.0 3.6 8.2 4.4 5.1 4.4
           
Other US State/Territory 6.8 7.5 7.5 7.2 6.9 7.3
       
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth        
Student Born in US 46.2 44.9 45.8 45.8 46.3 52.5
Students Born Outside US 35.3 37.2 37.1 36.3 32.7 32.7
Asia 22.3 29.1 25.1 33.7 29.1 28.6
Country Unknown 19.0 17.4 16.4 14.4 19.8 25.1
Eastern Europe 15.5 16.0 17.2 16.8 13.6 12.8
Carribian 15.3 13.6 11.3 12.0 12.0 9.9
South America 10.5 10.4 9.8 11.2 10.8 7.2
Western Europe 4.3 1.4 5.3 2.4 1.6 2.5
Africa 4.3 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.2
Middle East 3.7 2.7 3.0 2.0 1.0 1.9
Central Asia 1.9 2.9 4.2 1.0 1.8 3.4
Central America 2.3 0.7 1.5 0.8 1.8 1.0
North America 0.6 1.1 2.1 2.0 4.5 3.1
Oceania 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4
Student Birthplace Unknown 18.5 17.9 17.1 17.9 21.0 14.8
       
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 35.0 35.9 34.5 32.1 32.6 34.0
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 50.9 45.6 51.0 49.8 46.8 52.2
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 14.1 18.5 14.5 18.1 20.6 13.8
       
Both Parents Born in US 26.9 28.8 27.7 25.0 25.8 25.8
Both Parents Born Outside US 42.7 41.5 43.7 42.9 40.1 42.6
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 30.4 29.7 28.6 32.1 34.1 31.6
       
Total Number of Countries 93 85 88 89 81 85
Total Number of Languages 58 63 60 52 51 51
       
Language          
Native language English 38.1 38.6 39.5 40.8 39.9 46.1
Native language other than English 29.2 31.6 32.2 31.5 30.1 27.1
Native language unknown 32.7 29.8 28.3 27.7 30.0 26.8
         
Speak language other than English at home 34.0 35.4 36.0 33.7 34.9 34.9
Speak English at home 35.1 33.9 30.6 30.8 27.0 27.9
Language unknown 30.9 30.7 33.5 35.5 38.1 37.2
         
Most comfortable with English 10.5 9.3 10.7 9.3 11.1 12.5
Most comfortable with language other than English 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.2
Equally comfortable with both languages 17.8 20.2 19.1 18.3 18.3 17.7
Most comfortable language unknown 65.9 65.2 64.6 67.3 65.9 65.5
         
Class Standing        
Freshmen 17.5 17.0 19.6 16.9 23.2 13.8
Lower Freshmen 7.1 5.3 8.0 8.0 3.6 2.6
Upper Freshmen 10.4 11.7 11.6 11.9 19.6 11.2
       
Sophomore 43.5 41.1 43.7 43.8 39.4 42.9
Lower Sophomore 21.2 19.6 22.2 20.9 20.0 15.2
Upper Sophomore 22.3 21.5 21.5 22.9 19.5 27.7
       
Junior 36.6 39.5 38.1 37.7 20.4 33.3
       
% Full-Time 68.9 67.4 70.1 70.3 70.7 68.7
By Level        
- Freshmen 79.5 80.1 79.5 80.4 77.3 89.7
- Sophomore 75.2 76.6 78.0 80.4 74.3 80.7
- Junior 56.1 52.4 56.7 55.1 55.2 50.2
       
CUNY cc Feeder Schools 27.0 23.6 27.3 29.3 27.1 32.7
BMCC 12.6 9.1 10.6 12.4 10.3 12.8
Bronx 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.6
Hostos 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.0
Kingsborough 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 5.4
Queensborough 2.9 1.9 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6
LaGuardia 5.1 6.7 7.0 8.2 6.8 6.7
City Tech 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.7 2.6
       
Transferred with Degree 30.5 29.3 29.9 29.7 30.9 39.7
  - Bachelor 10.0 11.3 11.6 15.5 19.3 25.3
  - Liberal Arts 11.5 9.3 9.1 5.0 3.6 4.6
  - Tech Associate 6.2 5.7 6.2 7.2 6.5 1.6
  - Science Associate 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.0 1.5 8.2
         
Years Since Attended Last College        
< 1 Year 67.1 62.2 66.3 67.1 76.2 69.2
1 - 2 yrs 16.7 19.3 17.0 18.3 10.6 17.4
3 - 4 yrs 6.2 7.0 6.0 5.8 5.2 5.9
5+ yrs 9.8 11.3 10.6 8.8 8.1 7.6
% Elig. To Declare Major (60+ credits) 22.1 23.7 22.2 24.1 24.2 30.2
% Transfer Students Who Indicated an Intended/Declared Major **        
64.2 65.9 67.1 69.8 66.5 74.4
Accounting 1.9 2.0 1.9 6.3 3.9 3.3
Art: Studio 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4
Bio 3.1 1.6 0.3 7.2 6.5 8.3
Business 4.6 5.0 6.2 3.6 3.4 1.7
Classics/Humanities 6.2 6.1 5.2 6.0 6.9 6.0
Communications 4.7 3.6 5.0 6.5 6.4 4.6
Computers 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.2 1.8
Dance 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7
Economics 1.0 1.1 0.4 1.1 2.2 0.4
Education 7.9 6.8 7.2 7.4 8.7 8.9
English Language Arts 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.3
English 1.5 2.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Political Science 1.9 1.2 1.1 2.3 2.5 2.7
Prenursing 0.0 0.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Psychology 3.0 2.4 2.7 10.9 11.1 10.3
Public Admin 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.2
RN Pathways 1.3 1.1 3.5 18.2 18.0 22.3
Science/Medicine 23.8 27.2 12.1 9.9 12.0 14.6
Social Science 13.9 14.1 13.7 7.9 7.5 5.8
Visual & Performing Arts 5.7 6.2 5.0 6.1 4.9 4.1
 
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files  
** Base=Students with 60+ credits who indicated intended/declared major
 

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