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Table 16: SEEK Students Profile, Fall 2005 to Fall 2010

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
N= 763 717 678 624 544 528
  % % % % % %
Gender            
Male 23.5 24.5 25.4 27.7 28.7 30.3
Female 76.5 75.5 74.6 72.3 71.3 69.7
             
Race/Ethnicity Imputed            
Asian 27.9 28.3 32.6 35.3 38.2 46.4
Black 18.9 17.3 15.5 16.2 14.2 13.3
Hispanic 40.9 38.2 37.5 34.5 35.8 30.1
White 12.3 15.9 14.2 13.6 11.4 9.8
             
Student Age            
             
Less than 22 67.2 66.4 64.0 63.9 71.3 60.0
25 and over 7.9 8.5 7.2 6.7 7.0 8.1
Mean Age  (number) 21.5 21.4 21.5 21.2 21.1 21.3
             
Residence            
New York City Total 98.2 98.9 94.6 98.6 97.6 98.5
Brooklyn 36.1 32.9 30.3 32.2 32.0 34.1
Bronx 17.0 17.0 15.5 16.8 16.5 14.6
Manhattan 21.9 20.4 20.0 21.6 18.4 17.8
Queens 22.5 26.8 27.2 26.0 29.0 31.4
Staten Island 0.7 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.7 0.6
           
New York State 1.7 1.1 5.3 1.3 2.4 1.5
Other US State/Territory 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
             
Total Number of Countries 44 49 50 46 38 36
             
Total Number of Languages 28 32 35 35 35 35
             
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth            
Student Born in US 47.6 49.3 49.4 52.1 50.6 47.9
Student Born Outside US 44.2 43.4 42.6 38.8 38.1 40.9
             
Asia 29.2 32.6 37.0 39.1 41.7 46.3
Country Unknown 24.8 24.1 26.0 25.3 24.5 28.2
Carribian 21.8 18.1 14.0 15.6 15.1 12.0
South America 10.1 10.6 7.5 8.0 7.8 6.5
Eastern Europe 7.4 8.2 8.3 6.7 4.7 2.8
Central America 2.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9
Central Asia 1.7 3.2 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.9
Africa 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.5
Middle East 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9
Western Europe 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.0
North America 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Student Birthplace Unknown 8.2 7.3 8.0 9.1 11.3 11.2
             
At least 1 Parent Born in US 16.4 16.6 14.9 14.6 14.9 11.0
At least 1 Parent Born Outside US 78.4 78.1 78.5 79.3 78.5 81.1
At least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 5.2 5.3 6.6 6.1 6.6 7.9
           
Both Parents Born in US 9.4 10.3 9.3 7.7 7.7 6.1
Both Parents Born Outside US 70.3 69.4 69.8 68.9 69.3 73.5
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 20.3 20.3 20.9 23.4 23.0 20.4
             
Language            
Native language English 24.5 25.5 26.8 30.1 31.1 29.4
Native language other then English 48.0 50.3 52.5 50.8 50.7 51.7
Native language unknown 27.5 24.2 20.7 19.1 18.2 18.9
             
Speak language other than English at home 61.7 61.1 61.8 56.9 56.8 57.4
Speak English at home 14.7 15.5 15.3 15.9 12.5 9.8
Language unknown 23.6 23.4 22.9 27.2 30.7 32.8
             
Most comfortable with English 19.4 19.8 19.8 20.2 20.4 19.9
Most comfortable with language other than English 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.8
Most comfortable with language other than English 35.0 34.3 35.4 30.3 29.8 29.9
Most comfortable language unknown 39.1 39.6 38.8 43.8 44.1 43.4
             
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files

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