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Table 14: Undergraduate Students Profile, Fall 2005 to Fall 2010

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
N= 15,631 15,805 15,718 15,698 15,884 15,684
% % % % % %
Gender      
Male 31.5 32.1 32.1 32.8 33.4 33.3
Female 68.5 67.9 67.9 67.2 66.6 66.7
     
Race/Ethnicity Imputed      
Asian 20.0 21.1 21.9 23.9 24.3 25.7
Black 15.3 15.0 13.7 13.1 12.9 12.5
Hispanic 20.4 20.1 20.5 21.0 20.2 19.7
White 44.0 43.6 43.7 41.7 42.3 41.9
           
Student Age      
18 and under 4.9 5.0 9.6 11.0 10.1 10.0
19 to 20 22.3 21.7 23.0 24.0 25.1 24.8
21 to 22 21.5 23.2 22.9 22.8 22.4 24.0
23 to 25 20.6 20.0 17.7 17.2 17.1 16.8
26 to 29 13.3 13.1 11.4 11.0 11.2 10.4
30 to 39 12.0 11.6 10.5 9.4 9.6 9.6
40 to 49 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9
50 and over 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
Mean Age  (number) 24.5 24.3 24.1 23.9 23.9 23.9
       
New York City Total 89.7 88.6 84.2 86.6 85.6 85.2
Brooklyn 27.3 26.2 26.2 27.3 26.4 26.4
Bronx 9.1 9.3 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.6
Manhattan 22.5 21.8 18.3 18.2 17.7 16.8
Queens 27.5 28.0 28.0 29.0 29.4 30.0
Staten Island 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4
         
New York State 7.7 8.6 12.8 10.4 11.3 11.5
Other US State/Territory 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2
Foreign 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
         
Total Number of Countries 152 159 157 155 152 149
       
Total Number of Languages 101 106 106 101 103 94
         
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth          
Student Born in US 39.1 38.1 39.4 39.4 38.5 39.3
Students Born Outside US 31.5 31.6 32.0 31.3 29.3 30.1
      Asia 25.3 25.4 25.7 28.6 29.3 29.6
      Country Unknown 23.4 24.0 24.3 22.7 23.1 27.9
      Eastern Europe 16.1 16.3 16.8 16.3 14.8 12.2
      Caribbean 12.4 11.3 10.6 10.1 10.5 9.2
      South America 9.4 9.4 8.9 9.6 9.4 8.4
     Western Europe 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.3
     Middle East 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.4
     Africa 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7
     Central Asia 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.3
     Central America 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2
     North America 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.1 2.0
     Oceania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Student Birthplace Unknown 29.4 30.3 28.6 29.3 32.2 30.6
         
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 25.6 25.0 25.9 25.8 25.9 26.0
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 45.8 45.9 47.4 48.1 47.2 55.2
At Least 1 Parent Unknown 28.6 29.1 26.7 26.1 26.9 18.8
         
Both Parents Born in US 19.2 18.6 19.2 19.0 19.2 19.0
Both Parents Born Outside US 39.7 39.7 40.9 41.3 40.6 47.4
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 41.1 41.7 39.9 39.7 40.2 33.6
             
Language             
Native Language English 32.0 32.2 34.8 36.8 38.2 39.7
Native Language other than English 31.0 31.7 32.4 32.4 30.6 29.2
Native language unknown 37.0 36.1 32.8 30.8 31.2 31.1
     
Speak language other than English at home 37.7 37.5 38.1 37.0 34.6 33.5
Speak English at home 25.4 24.3 23.7 22.3 20.6 19.4
Language unknown 36.9 38.1 38.1 40.7 44.8 47.1
             
Most comfortable with English 12.9 12.9 13.3 13.0 12.8 13.2
Most comfortable with language other than English 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1
Equally comfortable with both languages 19.4 19.6 20.1 19.5 17.9 16.7
Most comfortable language unknown 62.9 63.0 62.4 63.5 66.0 67.0
 
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files

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