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Table 15: Graduate Students Profile, Fall 2006 to Fall 2011


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
N= 5,094 5,126 5,559 6,284 6,722 6,744

% % % % % %
Gender  
 
   
Male 22.5 23.5 22.7 22.7 22.2 22.4
Female 77.5 76.5 77.3 77.3 77.8 77.6

 
 
   
Race/Ethnicity Imputed  
 
   
Asian 8.4 8.9 8.5 9.4 9.8 10.5
Black 14.1 14.3 15.6 13.7 13.6 13.1
Hispanic 14.8 14.5 15.2 15.2 9.8 12.9
White 62.7 62.2 60.2 61.2 63.0 63.0

           
Student Age  
 
   
21 to 22 0.8 2.3 3.7 4.5 4.1 3.6
23 to 25 18.3 21.6 22.6 25.0 25.8 24.7
26 to 29 28.3 28.4 28.7 27.6 28.4 29.1
30 to 39 32.6 29.6 27.9 26.8 26.9 27.6
40 to 49 12.2 11.2 10.5 10.0 9.2 9.3
50 to 59 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.7
60 and over 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9
Mean Age  (number) 32.4 32.1 31.7 31.2 31.0 31.1
             
Full-Time 19.0 19.9 17.9 22.9 20.5 22.0
Part-Time 81.0 80.1 82.1 77.1 79.5 78.0
             
Degree 82.4 80.1 84.1 81.9 85.8 90.3
Non-Degree 17.6 19.9 15.9 18.1 14.2 9.7

 
       
New York City Total 76.7 77.2 75.2 72.2 74.6 75.2
Brooklyn 21.4 22.5 22.4 22.0 23.9 25.0
Bronx 6.9 6.9 7.3 7.1 7.5 7.2
Manhattan 28.3 27.4 25.3 23.4 22.8 23.0
Queens 18.2 18.5
18.0 17.7 18.5 17.8
Staten Island 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.2

       
 
New York State 13.0 12.3 12.1 13.8 14.8 15.8
Other US State/Territory 5.9 6.7 9.1 10.2 8.2 7.0
Foreign 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.8 2.3 3.9

           
Total Number of Countries 86 83 84 89 91 81

 
       
Total Number of Languages 43 43 42 45 47 43

           
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth            
Student Born in US 12.7 12.9 12.3 13.0 13.0 9.4
Students Born Outside US 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.1 8.0 8.2
     Country Unknown 21.7 21.8 22.5 22.9 19.8 21.8
     Caribbean 17.9 19.5 22.4 20.1 14.9 13.8
     Asia 18.6 19.6 17.1 18.7 29.6 29.2
     Eastern Europe 13.8 11.9 11.5 12.0 11.1 12.5
     South America 12.6 11.7 11.6 11.5 8.7 8.9
     Western Europe 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.5 6.6 6.5
     Middle East 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.0 2.6 1.9
     Africa 3.3 3.1 3.5 4.0 2.8 1.9
     Central America 2.3 2.9 2.9 1.6 0.4 0.6
     Central Asia 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.9
     North America 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.9 2.3 1.9
     Oceania 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.2
Student Birthplace Unknown 77.2 77.1 77.8 78.9 79.0 82.4

           
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 5.4 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 9.7 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.5 11.1
At Least 1 Parent Unknown 84.9 84.0 83.8 83.7 83.2 82.7

           
Both Parents Born in US 4.0 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9
Both Parents Born Outside US 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.9 9.6
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 87.7 87.1 87.2 86.9 86.2 85.5
             
Language             
Native Language English 11.1 11.8 12.0 12.3 12.6 9.0
Native Language other than English 9.2 8.5 8.1 9.0 8.4 8.2
Native language unknown 79.7 79.7 79.8 79.7 79.0 82.8

 
 
   
Speak language other than English at home 12.5 11.5 11.3 10.0 10.9 9.0
Speak English at home 9.4 9.8 9.5 9.5 10.0 7.1
Language unknown 78.1 78.7 79.2 79.6 79.1 84.0
             
Most comfortable with English 12.9 13.3 13.0 12.8 13.2 2.9
Most comfortable with language other than English 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 0.7
Equally comfortable with both languages 19.6 20.1 19.5 17.9 16.7 5.2
Most comfortable language unknown 63.0 62.4 63.5 66.0 67.0 91.2
             
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show File            
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