|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| N= |
1,738 |
1,798 |
1,924 |
1,938 |
1,706 |
2,097 |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| Race/Ethnicity Reported* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Base % Answered |
82.3 |
81.1 |
91.3 |
90.9 |
93.7 |
95.4 |
| White |
31.9 |
31.9 |
32.6. |
37.3 |
39.5 |
37.3 |
| Black |
11.8 |
10.7 |
8.1 |
11.9 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
| Hispanic |
20.5 |
20.0 |
21.0 |
23.0 |
22.2 |
22.6 |
| Asian |
28.0 |
29.6 |
29.5 |
31.5 |
31.1 |
34.8 |
| Other |
7.8 |
7.7 |
8.8 |
7.6 |
5.9 |
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % Women |
66.0 |
65.6 |
64.0 |
62.5 |
64.7 |
62.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Residence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| New York City Total |
85.2 |
81.1 |
83.8 |
81.6 |
82.8 |
81.7 |
| Queens |
31.0 |
31.3 |
33.3 |
34.2 |
36.7 |
36.4 |
| Brooklyn |
30.0 |
28.4 |
28.2 |
25.4 |
25.8 |
25.2 |
| Manhattan |
10.8 |
9.4 |
9.9 |
8.8 |
7.9 |
8.6 |
| Staten Island |
5.5 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
| Bronx |
7.9 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
6.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other NY |
11.5 |
11.3 |
12.3 |
13.9 |
14.0 |
14.1 |
| Nassau |
5.2 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
4.9 |
6.4 |
| Westchester |
2.1 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
| Suffolk |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
| Other NY Counties |
1.9 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other US State/Territory |
3.3 |
7.6 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Number of Countries |
77 |
61 |
76 |
70 |
64 |
78 |
| Total Number of Languages |
57 |
56 |
53 |
50 |
53 |
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Student Born in US |
46.3 |
44.2 |
37.3 |
35.4 |
38.5 |
50.1 |
| Students Born Outside US |
33.6 |
31.0 |
27.1 |
25.9 |
24.4 |
24.1 |
| Country Unknown |
32.8 |
34.9 |
25.1 |
29.2 |
32.4 |
33.8 |
| Asia |
26 |
26.3 |
36.8 |
37.7 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
| Eastern Europe |
16 |
17.4 |
3.3 |
8.5 |
12.0 |
7.4 |
| Caribbean |
4.8 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
| South America |
7.3 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
9.1 |
| Central Asia |
3.2 |
|
3.1 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
1.9 |
| Middle East |
2.7 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
2.4 |
| Africa |
2.4 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
| North America |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
| Central America |
1.2 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
| Western Europe |
1.8 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
| Oceania |
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
| Student Birthplace Unknown |
20.1 |
24.8 |
35.6 |
38.7 |
37.1 |
25.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| At Least 1 Parent Born in US |
26.9 |
30.8 |
27.8 |
29.0 |
26.4 |
25.2 |
| At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US |
68.2 |
68.2 |
63.9 |
64.3 |
65.2 |
64.1 |
| At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown |
4.9 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
8.4 |
10.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Both Parents Born in US |
18.2 |
21.3 |
20.4 |
20.3 |
17.2 |
16.6 |
| Both Parents Born Outside US |
58.2 |
57.8 |
55.3 |
55.1 |
55.7 |
54.8 |
| Both Parents Birthplace Unknown |
23.6 |
20.9 |
24.3 |
24.6 |
27.1 |
28.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Language |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Native language English |
40.1 |
46.7 |
46.9 |
49.1 |
49.3 |
54.1 |
| Native language other than English |
39.2 |
34.5 |
31.2 |
30.4 |
26.7 |
30.6 |
| Native language unknown |
20.7 |
18.8 |
21.9 |
20.5 |
24.0 |
15.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Speak language other than English at home |
54.5 |
49.9 |
37.7 |
30.8 |
39.6 |
51.3 |
| Speak English at home |
26.3 |
23.2 |
15.6 |
12.8 |
16.0 |
26.9 |
| Language unknown |
19.2 |
26.8 |
46.7 |
56.4 |
44.4 |
21.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Most comfortable with English |
19.4 |
16.5 |
14.8 |
15.0 |
17.4 |
26.7 |
| Most comfortable with language other than English |
3.1 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
| Equally comfortable with both languages |
21.8 |
20.9 |
15.1 |
14.2 |
11.8 |
21.5 |
| Most comfortable language unknown |
55.6 |
60.6 |
68.6 |
69.9 |
69.8 |
49.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| High School Type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NYC Public |
62.4 |
65.9 |
68.0 |
63.3 |
67.2 |
66.3 |
| NYC Private/Parochial |
15.0 |
11.5 |
13.2 |
13.4 |
13.4 |
12.9 |
| NYS but Not NYC |
10.5 |
11.0 |
12.3 |
12.8 |
12.9 |
13.3 |
| Out of NYS |
4.6 |
5.5 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
4.3 |
6.0 |
| GED |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
| Foreign |
3.6 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
| Total Freshmen From Selected |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| High Performance High Schools* N= |
209 |
255 |
289 |
300 |
317 |
344 |
| - As % of NYC high school |
19.2 |
21.6 |
22.1 |
23.7 |
27.9 |
25.0 |
| graduates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Intended majors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Base % Answered |
51.3 |
64.7 |
65.4 |
67.3 |
67.6 |
66.5 |
| Sci/Medicine/Engineering |
43.7 |
45.7 |
44.5 |
49.2 |
51.3 |
53.3 |
| Social Sciences |
17.0 |
16.1 |
15.5 |
16.3 |
16.9 |
14.3 |
| Computer Science |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
| Business |
8.9 |
7.5 |
11.8 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
| Education |
9.0 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
6.6 |
4.7 |
5.9 |
| Classics/Humanities |
6.1 |
5.4 |
3.8 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
5.5 |
| Communications |
3.9 |
4.7 |
5.7 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
3.5 |
| Visual/Performing Arts |
4.1 |
6.2 |
5.5 |
4.7 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
| Public Admin/Law |
2.9 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
| Liberal Arts |
0 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
| Math/Stat |
0.5 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files |
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| * Total percentage may exceed 100% since multiracial responses indicated. |
| ** Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Hunter, Stuyvesant, Murrow, Midwood, Townsend Harris |
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