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Table 14: Undergraduate Students Profile, Fall 2006 to Fall 2011


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
N= 15,805 15,718 15,698 15,884 15,684 16,344

% % % % % %
Gender  
 
   
Male 32.1 32.1 32.8 33.4 33.3 33.9
Female 67.9 67.9 67.2 66.6 66.7 66.1

 
 
   
Race/Ethnicity Imputed  
 
   
Asian 21.1 21.9 23.9 24.3 25.7 27.1
Black 15.0 13.7 13.1 12.9 12.5 12.0
Hispanic 20.1 20.5 21.0 20.2 19.7 19.4
White 43.6 43.7 41.7 42.3 41.9 41.2

           
Student Age  
 
   
18 and under 5.0 9.6 11.0 10.1 10.0 10.4
19 to 20 21.7 23.0 24.0 25.1 24.8 24.4
21 to 22 23.2 22.9 22.8 22.4 24.0 24.9
23 to 25 20.0 17.7 17.2 17.1 16.8 17.4
26 to 29 13.1 11.4 11.0 11.2 10.4 9.9
30 to 39 11.6 10.5 9.4 9.6 9.6 8.8
40 to 49 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7
50 and over 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4
Mean Age  (number) 24.3 24.1 23.9 23.9 23.9 23.8

 
       
Residence            
New York City Total 88.6 84.2 86.6 85.6 85.2 84.9
Brooklyn 26.2 26.2 27.3 26.4 26.4 25.6
Bronx 9.3 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.7
Manhattan 21.8 18.3 18.2 17.7 16.8 16.1
Queens 28.0 28.0 29.0 29.4 30.0 31.1
Staten Island 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4

       
 
New York State 8.6 12.8 10.4 11.3 11.5 11.8
Other US State/Territory 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2
Foreign 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

           
Total Number of Countries 159 157 155 152 149 152

 
       
Total Number of Languages 106 106 101 103 94 97

           
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth            
Student Born in US 38.1 39.4 39.4 38.5 39.3 42.4
Students Born Outside US 31.6 32.0 31.3 29.3 30.1 30.5
      Asia 25.4 25.7 28.6 29.3 29.6 29.6
      Country Unknown 24.0 24.3 22.7 23.1 27.9 26.9
      Eastern Europe 16.3 16.8 16.3 14.8 12.2 12.0
      Caribbean 11.3 10.6 10.1 10.5 9.2 8.9
      South America 9.4 8.9 9.6 9.4 8.4 9.1
     Western Europe 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.5
     Middle East 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.2
     Africa 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.6
     Central Asia 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3
     Central America 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3
     North America 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.1 2.0 2.3
     Oceania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Student Birthplace Unknown 30.3 28.6 29.3 32.2 30.6 27.1

           
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 25.0 25.9 25.8 25.9 26.0 25.8
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 45.9 47.4 48.1 47.2 55.2 55.1
At Least 1 Parent Unknown 29.1 26.7 26.1 26.9 18.8 19.1

           
Both Parents Born in US 18.6 19.2 19.0 19.2 19.0 18.5
Both Parents Born Outside US 39.7 40.9 41.3 40.6 47.4 47.3
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 41.7 39.9 39.7 40.2 33.6 34.2
             
Language             
Native Language English 32.2 34.8 36.8 38.2 39.7 46.4
Native Language other than English 31.7 32.4 32.4 30.6 29.2 30.5
Native language unknown 36.1 32.8 30.8 31.2 31.1 23.1

 
 
   
Speak language other than English at home 37.5 38.1 37.0 34.6 33.5 40.2
Speak English at home 24.3 23.7 22.3 20.6 19.4 24.2
Language unknown 38.1 38.1 40.7 44.8 47.1 35.6
             
Most comfortable with English 12.9 13.3 13.0 12.8 13.2 17.5
Most comfortable with language other than English 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.5
Equally comfortable with both languages 19.6 20.1 19.5 17.9 16.7 19.4
Most comfortable language unknown 63.0 62.4 63.5 66.0 67.0 60.6
             
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files            

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