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Table 17: Honors College Students Profile, Fall 2005 to Fall 2010

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
N= 260 290 319 372 428 450
  % % % % % %
Gender            
Male 30.4 32.1 31.7 36.3 37.6 38.4
Female 69.6 67.9 68.3 63.7 62.4 61.6
             
Race/Ethnicity Imputed             
Asian 20.0 22.8 21.6 21.8 21.3 21.6
Black 8.5 7.6 8.8 8.9 10.3 9.8
Hispanic 9.6 9.3 13.5 14.8 15.7 15.6
White 61.5 60.0 55.8 54.0 52.6 52.9
             
Student Age            
             
Less than 22 98.8 97.6 96.6 97.6 97.2 85.9
25 and over 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.7
Mean Age  (number) 19.6 19.6 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.9
             
Residence            
New York City Total 75.4 76.0 78.1 77.0 76.9 76.2
Brooklyn 23.2 23.0 22.8 21.9 19.5 20.0
Bronx 2.5 4.1 3.7 5.2 5.9 6.1
Manhattan 13.8 15.2 13.0 13.1 12.7 9.8
Queens 23.9 24.0 29.9 29.5 31.1 32.1
Staten Island 12.0 9.8 8.6 7.3 7.7 8.2
             
New York State 17.8 18.6 17.0 17.0 18.6 18.9
Other US State/Territory 6.9 5.4 4.9 6.0 4.5 5.0
             
Total Number of Countries 20 19 20 21 25 28
Total Number of Languages 25 27 28 28 31 31
             
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth            
Student Born in US 55.4 54.7 53.7 46.0 42.0 39.1
Student Born Outside US 21.9 32.8 29.9 27.2 25.2 21.5
Country Unknown 38.6 44.4 39.7 43.1 38.6 47.5
Eastern Europe 24.6 23.6 23.3 13.9 16.9 12.1
Asia 17.5 16.7 19.2 19.4 21.7 17.2
Africa 5.3 4.2 2.7 4.2 2.4 2.0
Middle East 5.3 2.8 4.1 4.2 2.4 4.0
Carribian 5.3 2.8 0.0 2.8 4.8 6.1
Western Europe 1.8 1.4 1.4 0.0 1.2 1.0
South America 1.8 1.4 5.5 6.9 6.0 4.0
Central Asia 0.0 1.4 2.7 2.8 3.6 4.0
North America 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0
Central America 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.2 1.0
Student Birthplace Unknown 22.7 12.5 16.4 26.8 32.8 39.4
             
At least 1 Parent Born in US 40.9 37.8 38.3 39.7 41.0 41.7
At least 1 Parent Born Outside US 45.8 51.7 48.9 45.7 48.8 52.9
At least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 13.3 10.5 12.8 14.6 10.2 5.4
             
Both Parents Born in US 28.6 25.0 26.9 29.0 27.7 28.9
Both Parents Born Outside US 45.7 39.0 38.6 49.4 47.6 49.5
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 25.7 36.0 34.5 21.6 24.7 21.6
             
Language            
Native Language English 48.8 42.8 46.1 47.6 48.1 51.8
Native Language other than English 23.1 27.9 26.0 22.3 24.1 20.0
Native Language unknown 28.1 29.3 27.9 30.1 27.8 28.2
             
Speak English at home 38.1 28.3 29.5 22.8 16.8 13.3
Speak language other than English at home 30.4 35.9 35.7 30.1 29.2 24.9
Language unknown 31.5 35.9 34.8 47.0 54.0 61.8
             
Most comfortable with English 16.9 17.9 17.2 16.1 15.2 13.3
Most comfortable with language other than English 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4
Equally comfortable with both languages 12.7 17.6 18.2 13.4 13.6 10.9
Most comfortable language unknown 70.0 64.5 64.3 69.9 70.8 75.3
           
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files

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